Transforming Desire: Erotic Knowledge in Books III and IV of The Faerie Queene
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| Artikelnummer | 233300372 | Erscheinungsdatum | 2026/06/27 | Listenpreis | €38.00 | Modellnummer | 233300372 | ||
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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. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0520415450 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0520415454 |
| Edition | First Edition |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Dimensions | 6.24 x 0.7 x 9.24 inches |
| Item Weight | 11.2 ounces |
| Print length | 202 pages |
| Publication date | June 28, 2024 |
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