Spenserian allegory and Elizabethan biblical exegesis : a context for 'The Faerie Queene' / Margaret Christian.

Introduction: a context for The Faerie Queene Part I: Backgrounds: allegorical reading in Spenser's England 1. Traditional scriptural interpretation and sixteenth-century allegoresis: old and new 2. Allegorical reading in occasional Elizabethan liturgies 3. Allegorical reading in sermon references to history and current events Part II: The preachers' Bible and Spenser's Faerie Queene: alternate allegories 4. 'The ground of Storie': genealogy in biblical exegesis and the Legend of Temperance 5. 'Waues of weary wretchednesse': Florimell and the sea 6. Saracens, Assyrians, and Spaniards: allegories of the Armada 7. 'a goodly amiable name for mildness': Mercilla and other Elizabethan types 8. Court and courtesy: sermon contexts for Spenser's Book VI 9. 'Now lettest thou thy servant depart': scriptural tradition and the close of The Faerie Queene Conclusion Index.

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Cover; Half Title; Series information; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction: a context for The Faerie Queene ; Part I Backgrounds: allegorical reading in Spenser's England; 1 Traditional scriptural interpretation and sixteenth-century allegoresis: old and new; Biblical models for allegorical exegesis; Traditional interpretations of the parable of the sower; Traditional interpretations of Jesus's visit to Martha and Mary; Statements about and categories of biblical exegesis; Sixteenth-century English exegetical theory and practice: Tyndale.

Sixteenth-century English exegetical theory and practice: 1560 Geneva Bible annotationsConclusion; 2 Allegorical reading in occasional Elizabethan liturgies; Praying through the plague; Liturgies for military crises: Turkish invasions; A prayer during severe weather; Liturgy after the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day; Liturgies for acts of God: the London earthquake; Liturgies for military crises: the anticipated Spanish invasion; Liturgies for plots; Queen's Day liturgies; Conclusion; 3 Allegorical reading in sermon references to history and current events; Secular history in sermons.

The Bible and recent English historyReading and misreading contemporary history: Essex's rebellion; Typology in theory and practice: an Accession Day sermon; Part II The preachers' Bible and Spenser's Faerie Queene: alternate allegories; 4 "The ground of Storie": genealogy in biblical exegesis and the Legend of Temperance; Elizabethan discussion of biblical genealogies; Elizabeth's family tree in printed sermons; Briton moniments in the context of Elizabethan biblical genealogy; The Faery chronicle in the context of Elizabethan biblical typology.

5 "Waues of weary wretchednesse": Florimell and the seaThe sea in religious rhetoric; The seagoing ship and pilot in sermons; Britomart's lament; Sermon tradition: the sea of lust and the ship of married love; Florimell and the sea of lust; Florimell and the ship of married love; 6 Saracens, Assyrians, and Spaniards: allegories of the Armada; The Armada5; Religious discourse and the Armada; Contemporary providentialist views of the Armada's defeat; Hebraic patriotism in reference to the Spanish threat; Hebraic patriotism in contemporary celebrations of English victory.

Spenserian historical allegory as counterpart to biblical typologyThe Turk in Elizabethan religious polemic; Spenser's Souldan; Spenser's historical allegory as providentialist analysis of history; 7 "a goodly amiable name for mildness": Mercilla and other Elizabethan types; Sermon types of Elizabeth, Mary, and other threats; Mercilla and Duessa as Elizabeth and Mary; The traditional reading and modern objections; Biblical uses of improved history; 8 Court and courtesy: sermon contexts for Spenser's Book VI; Sermon references to courtiers' vices.

Critical analysis of the importance and influence of Elizabethan biblical typology on Spenser and the composition of the Faerie Queene.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In English.

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