Yes, Heale's book provides an excellent introduction to the Faerie Queene
but there is a surprising number of available introductions, and a student
could well begin with the essay on each book in The Spenser Encyclopedia.
For a general survey, Spens 1934, Nelson 1963, Freeman 1970, Tonkin 1989,
Meyer 1991, Waller 1994, and Oram 1997. Tonkin and Oram especially offer
close and perceptive readings of each book. In addition, there are studies
of individual books. Book I: Rose 1975; II: Berger 1957; III and IV: Roche
1964, Silberman 1995; IV: Goldberg 1981; III, IV, and V: Broaddus 1995; V:
Dunseath 1968, Aptekar 1969, Fletcher 1971; VI: A. Williams 1967, Tonkin
1972.
At 10:03 PM 2001-04-30 -0400, you wrote:
>For an excellent introduction to the Faerie Queene, one could do worse than
>Elizabeth Heale's _The Faerie Queene: A Reader's Guide_. The 2nd edition
>came out of Cambridge U. P. in 1999.
>
>Michael Ullyot
>
>
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