Question: Show Spenser as a pictorial artist with reference to The Faerie Queene Book I. Or, Spenser paints in words. Discuss. Answer: Spenser is one of the renowned pictorial artists in English poetry and his pictures are life-like and colourful. ...
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Discuss the elements of the Renaissance in The Faerie Queene Book-I
Question: Discuss the elements of the Renaissance in The Faerie Queene Book-I. Or, In what sense is Spenser a child of the Renaissance? Answer: The Renaissance marked the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern world. The ...
Trace medieval elements in The Faerie Queene Book I
Question: Trace medieval elements in The Faerie Queene Book I. Answer: “The Faerie Queene’ as well as “The Shepherdes Calender’ bear traces of Spenser’s reverence for the social and religious institutions of the Medieval Age. He was in sympathy with ...
Write a note on Spenser’s versification and metrical art
Question: How does Spenser create verbal music and melody in his verse? Or, Comment on Spenser’s skill as a metrical artist. Or, Write a note on Spenser’s versification and metrical art. Or, Write a note on the Spenserian stanza and ...
Write a note on The Faerie Queene as a Romantic Epie
Question: Consider whether The Faerie Queene is an epic or a romance. Or, To what extent is The Faerie Queene an epic in the classical style? Or, Write a note on The Faerie Queene as a Romantic Epie. Or, Show ...
Bring out the principal traits of the character of Lady Una as portrayed in Book-I, Canto-I of The Faerie Queene
Question: Bring out the principal traits of the character of Lady Una as portrayed in Book-I, Canto-I of The Faerie Queene. Answer: Spenser’s heroines are paragons of beauty and virtue. Lady Una, the heroine of the first book of The ...
Describe the significance of the invocation of The Faerie Queene
Question: Describe the significance of the invocation of The Faerie Queene. Answer: Conventionally an ancient writer, while commencing an epic poem, invoked the help and the blessings of the Muse of epic poetry. Actually, the name of the Muse of epic poetry ...
Write a note on Spenser’s Puritanic spirit
Question: Write a note on Spenser’s Puritanic spirit. Or, What moral seriousness do you notice in Spenser’s epic The Faerie Queene Book I? Answer: Spenser’s poetry is not merely an instrument of delight and sensuous pleasure, but also a medium ...
“Spenser is at once a child of the Renaissance and the Reformation”. Discuss
Question: “Spenser is at once a child of the Renaissance and the Reformation”. Discuss. Or, “In substance as in form, the poetry of Spenser is circumscribed by the tastes and beliefs of his age”. Discuss with reference to The Faerie ...
How does Spenser blend the Medieval, the Renaissance and the Reformation elements in The Faerie Queene Book-I?
Question: How does Spenser blend the Medieval, the Renaissance and the Reformation elements in The Faerie Queene Book-I? Answer: The Faerie Queene is a wonderful blend of the Medieval, the Renaissance and the Reformation elements. Though the spirit of the ...