Poem's Two Bodies

• *FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xiii*Introduction, pg. 3*1. "her imperiall Maiestie to frame", pg. 29*2. The Poem's Two Bodies, pg. 68*3. Arthur's Dream, pg. 120*4. Alma's Nought, pg. 164*5. The Wide Womb of the World, pg. 215*Afterword, pg. 282*Index, pg. 289

"David Lee Miller's thesis in The Poem's Two Bodies is simple, far-reaching, and important; concentrating upon the problematical 1590 edition of The Faerie Queene, Miller argues that 'the aesthetic body of Spenser's poem mirrors the socio-political body of Tudor ideology.' From this premise, Miller proceeds to a close and systematic reading of The Faerie Queene; he carefully explores the ways in which Spenser's poetics encounter Elizabethan politics; and he demonstrates the staggering difficulty of Spenser's own situation as an imperial poet... The Poem's Two Bodies is a valuable essay in politics and the English language, diligently executed and repeatedly satisfying in its conclusions. It deserves, and will doubtless command, close and prolonged attention."--Bruce Thomas Boehrer, Sixteenth Century Journal