Comic Spenser

Victoria Coldham-Fussell is a freelance writer and independent scholar

• List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1 Spencer and the comic Renaissance Chapter 2 Humour and Heroism Chapter 3 Spenser’s Bawdy; Or, Red Crosse’s Problem with Desire Chapter 4 Laughing at Love: FQ III-IV Chapter 5 Parody and Panegyric Epilogue Humour and Allegory Bibliography

'Laudably clear and jargon-free and including extensive notes, Comic Spenser will be useful for nonspecialists, and it will open intriguing avenues of interpretation for more advanced students. Coldham-Fussell provides extensive notes.'CHOICE(Reprinted with permission from Choice Reviews. All rights reserved. Copyright by the American Library Association.)'...the book provides a strong argument that a full understanding of Spenser’s moral allegory requires greater attention to the role he envisions for humor and laughter in the epic.'The Journal of British Studies'Comic Spenser, with its richly detailed explorations of book 1, is a new resource for fresh and interesting ideas on this most-taught (if taught at all) part of The F.Q.'Renaissance Quarterly