Title
Land in Fairyland: Edmund Spenser and Emerging Perceptions of Ecology and Gender in the Faerie Queen
Date of Award
5-2009
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Departmental Honors
Department
English
First Advisor
Dr. Jensen
Second Advisor
Dr. McCuskey
Abstract
Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queen is an eloquent text brimming with images of nature, flowers, and gardening. Nature is not simply what is in the outdoors of the text or a passive backdrop for action to upstage; she is a character who has an active role in influencing the plot and characters of the story. Plants come alive through Spenser in many ways as he makes the natural world of his text into an enchanted fairyland. The imagery of nature is not only personified, but also actually personifies characters. Flowers found in The Faerie Queen are both plants and actual people, allowing Spenser to explore shifting perceptions of gender roles through natural spaces in his text.
Recommended Citation
Sieverts, Megan Angela, "Land in Fairyland: Edmund Spenser and Emerging Perceptions of Ecology and Gender in the Faerie Queen" (2009). Undergraduate Honors Theses. Paper 17.
http://digitalcommons.usu.edu/honors/17
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