Anybody know of any good online resources for studying Spenser? I need vocabulary helps, grammar tools, free journal articles, etc., to download.
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Edmund Spenser: Faerie Queene
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Re: Edmund Spenser: Faerie Queene
I found this on Google Books. It might help.
Other book, that should be downloadable, are also available. Do a search on "spenser faerie queene", then go to the advanced search, and switch to "Full view only".
Other book, that should be downloadable, are also available. Do a search on "spenser faerie queene", then go to the advanced search, and switch to "Full view only".
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Re: Edmund Spenser: Faerie Queene
Do you have access to a university library, talmid? I assume not, but if so, the resources should be limitless.
Spenser intentionally wrote in a deliberately archaic fashion (and he was already living in the 16th century!), so your difficulty with the language is understandable.
The wikipedia entry has some basic info and links to useful sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene
Here is a retelling in prose that might help you understand the poetry: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/sfq/index.htm
This online version supposedly incorporates a modern rendition and glossary: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6930
Here is a wikisource glossary of words in the poem: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Faeri ... I/Glossary
Spenser intentionally wrote in a deliberately archaic fashion (and he was already living in the 16th century!), so your difficulty with the language is understandable.
The wikipedia entry has some basic info and links to useful sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene
Here is a retelling in prose that might help you understand the poetry: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/sfq/index.htm
This online version supposedly incorporates a modern rendition and glossary: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6930
Here is a wikisource glossary of words in the poem: http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Faeri ... I/Glossary
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