Dear Spenserians,
I know that early on, Gabriel Harvey dismissed Spenser's "faerie project"
as "Hobgoblin runne away with the garland of Apollo." However, is anyone
familiar with a criticism that Spenser's topic was the "matter of the
nursery," (paraphrase) either by Harvey or a later critic (like C.S. Lewis)?
I know I've read this somewhere, and I'd like to relocate the source. Alas,
I am too young to be having "senior moments"... 8^)
Thanks for your help,
Jean Goodrich
English Department
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ USA
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