Mirrors of Celestial Grace: Patristic Theology in Spenser's Allegory

BRAND NEW FIRST EDITION dust jacket hardcover, clean text, solid binding, NO remainders NOT ex-library slight shelfwear / storage-wear; WE SHIP FAST. Carefully packed and quickly sent. 201601779 In addition to the obvious Catholic and Calvinist, Weatherby (English, Vanderbilt U.) finds in The Faerie Queene theological influences from the pre-Augustinian and Eastern Church Fathers. He documents the availability of 16th-century editions of the Fathers and the particular interest in them at Spenser's school, Pembroke. How eclectic, in fact, is The Faerie Queene? How many different and even contradictory understandings of Christianity does the poem weave together? Catholic as well as Calvinist teachings certainly seem to be there ... but do these exhaust the possibilities of allegory? The purpose of this study is to argue that they do not and to propose another point of theological reference. We recommend selecting Priority Mail wherever available. (No shipping to Mexico, Brazil or Italy.)