Honorable Action Upstaged by Theatrical Wordplay in The Faerie Queene 2.4 and Much Ado about Nothing.

The article offers criticism of the poem "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spencer and the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare. It explores the characters depicted in the book of Spencer and its association with the play of Shakespeare. The author discusses the relationship between soci...

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Published in:	Modern Philology Vol. 114; no. 2; pp. 264 - 286
Main Author:	Wareh, Patricia
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of Chicago Press Nov2016
Subjects:	Faerie Queene, The (Poem : Spenser) Much Ado About Nothing (Play : Shakespeare) Spenser, Edmund, ca. 1552-1599 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Masculine identity
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Summary:	The article offers criticism of the poem "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spencer and the play "Much Ado About Nothing" by William Shakespeare. It explores the characters depicted in the book of Spencer and its association with the play of Shakespeare. The author discusses the relationship between social honor and masculine identity.