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Transforming Desire: Erotic Knowledge In Books Iii And Iv Of The Faerie Queeneby Lauren Silberman Download Book (Respecting the intellectual property of others is utmost important to us, we make every effort to make sure we only link to legitimate sites, such as those sites owned by authors and publishers. If you have any questions about these links, please contact us.) link 1 About Book Book Description The Faerie Queene anticipates postmodernist concerns with destabilizing language, and Lauren Silberman's stimulating study of Books III and IV of the poem proceeds from the assumption that Spenser has something important to say to us in the late twentieth century. In these books, Spenser exposes fictions of total control for what they are--fictions. The text affirms the value of risk and improvisation over the temptation to seek guarantees. The books examine the role of desire in moving us to function in an uncertain world and tempting us to foreclose that uncertainty by strategies that seek to frame knowledge through total mastery of it. From the Inside Flap "An eminently readable and thoroughly engaging book . . . with numerous original readings that will have to be cited and confronted by future critics."--Donald Cheney, coeditor of The Spenser Encyclopedia "A very packed and original piece of work, beautifully written with both a sensitive understanding of Spenser's verse and a keen ear for the ridiculous. Her sense of Spenser's comedy is a refreshing change from the solemnity of many other critics."--Anne Lake Prescott, coeditor of The Norton Critical Edition of Spenser From the Back Cover "An eminently readable and thoroughly engaging book . . . with numerous original readings that will have to be cited and confronted by future critics." (Donald Cheney, coeditor of The Spenser Encyclopedia) About the Author Lauren Silberman is Professor of English at Baruch College. She has published many scholarly articles on Spenser. Related Free eBooks
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