Medievalists.net » Spenser http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Crafting the witch: Gendering magic in medieval and early modern England http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/#comments Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:01:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=53829 This project documents and analyzes the gendered transformation of magical figures occurring in Arthurian romance in England from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/02/crafting-witch-gendering-magic-medieval-early-modern-england/feed/ 0 Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/spenser-and-the-search-for-asian-silk/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/spenser-and-the-search-for-asian-silk/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 04:09:56 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17834 Spenser and the Search for Asian Silk Murrin, Michael Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract Edmund Spenser’s Faerie Queene follows the Arthurian tradition of travel eastward. Because the poem distributes its narrative onto a scene of action that forms part of the Muscovy Company’s activities in Central Asia in the 1560s, The Faerie Queene can be understood […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/spenser-and-the-search-for-asian-silk/feed/ 0 ‘Arthurian Torsos’ and Professor Nohrnberg’s Unrepeatable Experiment http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/%e2%80%98arthurian-torsos%e2%80%99-and-professor-nohrnberg%e2%80%99s-unrepeatable-experiment/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/%e2%80%98arthurian-torsos%e2%80%99-and-professor-nohrnberg%e2%80%99s-unrepeatable-experiment/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:43:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17819 ‘Arthurian Torsos’ and Professor Nohrnberg’s Unrepeatable Experiment Buckman, Ty Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract This essay identifies the ‘unrepeatable experiment’ that is at the core of James Nohrnberg’s critical work, especially The Analogy of The Faerie Queene, by following his reading of Arthur in the early part of the poem to the appearance of the Blatant […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/%e2%80%98arthurian-torsos%e2%80%99-and-professor-nohrnberg%e2%80%99s-unrepeatable-experiment/feed/ 0 Arthuriana and the Limits of C.S. Lewis’ Ariosto Marginalia http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/arthuriana-and-the-limits-of-c-s-lewis%e2%80%99-ariosto-marginalia/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/03/02/arthuriana-and-the-limits-of-c-s-lewis%e2%80%99-ariosto-marginalia/#comments Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:17:59 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17815 Arthuriana and the Limits of C.S. Lewis’ Ariosto Marginalia Ross, Charles Arthuriana 21.1 (2011) Abstract C.S. Lewis always marked the Arthurian moments in Ariosto’s Orlando furioso. Arthuriana, like Christianity, was a forum for spiritual awakening for Lewis. Its marvels suggest that not everything in this world, including right and wrong, can be explained without recourse […]

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