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THE VOCATIVE AND THE VOCATIONAL: THE UNREADABILITY OF ELIZABETH IN THE FAERIE QUEENE.

The article focuses on the epic poem "The Faerie Queene," by Edmund Spenser, an English poet. Spenser seeks to call forth his "Faerie Queene" in his invocation, the very term embodying the mutual interplay of the vocative and the vocational, the validating of the poetic vocation through nomination....

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Published in:ELH Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 1 - 31
Main Author: Bellamy, Elizabeth J.
Format: Article
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press Spring87
Subjects:
Faerie Queene, The (Poem : Spenser)
Spenser, Edmund, ca. 1552-1599
Poetry (Literary form)
Allegory
Invocation
Literary form
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