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I THE STRUCTURE 9
The Faerie Queene a philosophical poem. Meaning obscured by
(1) unfinished state, (2) change of plan. Proofs of change in
structure and thought. Insertion of Aristotelian element. Date
of reconstruction.
II THE PHILOSOPHIC BASIS 39
Importance to Spenser's philosophy of Mutabilitie Cantos. Affini-
ties with Plotinus: (1) delight in world of sense, (2) stressing of
mental element in that world. Corroboration of the digression.
Upward-striving soul of Plotinus represented by Arthur.
III SYMBOLISM 52
Faerie Land the inner experience of each of us. Parallel with
Wordsworth. Obscured because of anthropomorphic imagery of
Elizabethans. Comparison of nineteenth-century 'fictions' with
Elizabethan personifications. Spenser's art sophisticated.
IV 'FROM BREATH OF OUTWARD CIRCUMSTANCE' 73
Outward circumstance comprises (1) the world of physical nature,
and (2) external events. Marriage of Thames and Medway and
Marinell and Florimell examples of first; story of Hellenore and
Malbecco, and Venus and Adonis myth of second. Light thrown
on Spenser's attitude by Milton's work.
V THE LOVE THEME 98
Importance of theme in Spenser's work due to (1) wide range of
meaning covered by word, including organic relations in physical
world, and great scale of emotions,--filial, sexual, friendly and
religious love; (2) need of emotional chart in his age. Amoret in
Faerie Queene, and Amoretti and Epithalamion complementary. Four
Hymns attempt at synthesis of meanings of word. Love of Arthur
for Gloriana, expression of ardent desire of life which is creative.
VI 'THE SOUL AN IMPULSE TO HERSELF' 117
Spenser to contemporaries a philosophic and moral poet. Differs
from Shakespeare (1) in giving spiritual quintessence of experience,
(2) in generalizing. Examination of temptations of Mammon, of
Wrath, and chief temptation to accidie. Opposed virtue would
have been fully expressed in final book.
APPENDIX 139
On Bryskett's translation of Giraldi Discourses.

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Publication Information: Book Title: Spenser's Faerie Queene: An Interpretation. Contributors: Janet Spens - author. Publisher: Edward Arnold. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1934. Page Number: 7.
    
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