Spenser Studies: A Renaissance Poetry Annual

The 20th edition of this annual contains 13 essays. Among the topics: fundamental modes of thought, imagination, and sensibility in Spenser's poetry; temperance in the Bower of Bliss and Diana's Grove at Nonsuch; poetry and politics in "Muiopotmos"; Amoret's heart viewed symbolically as the seat of emotions; chastity in The Faerie Queene; the meaning of "E.K."; and the 16th-century farmer and bibliophile Henry Gurney, among other topics. Annotation 穢2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)