Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves: Book I of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (632 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1885767390 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is a review of the Kindle version only Grandma Books I spent eleven dollars on this for Kindle, and I have seen better formatted texts from Gutenberg. This is awful.First of all, be aware that Amazon lumps all reviews of the same title together, so while I am specifically reviewing the Kindle edition, you may be seeing my review under the paperback hard copy. That is an Amazon flaw, not my error.Here is what's wrong with the Kindle edition-Each stanza of the poem is its own page image, *not* text that you can highlight, underline, or click on any individual word. The text in this page image is incredibly tiny and difficult to read. You can click on the page image to enlarge the image as. Jacob Aitken said Transcendental (but not the Emerson type). Roy Maynard ought to be commended for aiding us in reading Spenser. Personally, I think Spenser tells a better yarn than Shakespeare, with all due respect to the Bard. This book was written by a Christian, with powerful Christian overtones, and Christians will benefit the most from it. The language is archaic, the story iswellschockingly relevant.I said in the title that the book is transcendental. What I mean is the book, in certain sections, touches areas that strikes the reader to the core. No, the hero is not perfect. Yes, he fails over and over again. But the battles he fights! The nature of forgiveness, pain, guilt, ecstatic joy. Holiness Jeffrey A. Thompson When C. S. Lewis read "Phantastes" by George MacDonald he wrote that he encountered holiness. I read "Phantastes" and I agree, but I encountered holiness far more in FQ. I was blown away by the book. The language is archaic, but Maynard does a good job of footnoting the tough words and the hard to understand phrases. He encourages the reader to read FQ aloud and I agree. I have a tin ear for poetry, but even I caught the cadences occasionally and it helped.Saint George or the Red Cross knight is a flawed character, but he is brave. He fails over and over again, but with fair Una's help, he keeps getting up until he finds grace. I don'
Roy Maynard is an author and journalist who has written for such publications as WORLD Magazine, the Fort-Worth Star Telegram, and the Houston Chronicle. He lives in east Texas with his wife, Sara, and children Calvin, Laurel, and Blythe.
This poet, whom Milton considered to be a better teacher than the medieval theologians, wrote an epic tale of adventure, love, noble deeds, and faith. Despite all his acknowledged greatness, almost no one reads Spenser any more. Maynard proves himself a worthy mediator between Spenser's time and ours. Edmund Spenser (1552-99) ranks just below Shakespeare, with Chaucer and Milton, in the pantheon of great writers. —Dr. Gene Edward Veith. Roy Maynard takes the first book of The Faerie Queene, exploring the concept of Holiness with the character of the Redcross Knight, and makes Spenser accessible again. In The Faerie Queene, he spins a sub-created fantasy universe that would be the model for Tolkien and Lewis. In today's cultural, aesthetic, and educational wars, Spenser is a mighty ally for the 21st century Christians. He does this not by dumbing it down, but by deftly modernizing the spelling, explaining the obscurities in clever asides, and cuing the reader towards the right response
Roy Maynard takes the first book of the Faerie Queen, exploring the concept of Holiness with the character of the Redcross Knight, and makes Spenser accessible again. He does this not by dumbing it down, but by deftly modernizing the spelling, explaining the obscurities in clever asides, and cueing the reader towards the right response. Gene Edward Veith. Maynard proves himself a worthy mediator between Spenser's time and ours." -- Dr. Despite all of his acknowledged greatness, almost no one reads Spenser anymore. In today's cultural, aesthetic, and educational wars, Spenser is a mighty ally for 21st century Christians