'Grounded, Finely Framed, and Strongly Trussed Up Together' : The 'Medieval' Structure of The Faerie Queene

Author / Editor
King, Andrew.

Title
'Grounded, Finely Framed, and Strongly Trussed Up Together' : The 'Medieval' Structure of The Faerie Queene

Published
Review of English Studies 52: 22-58, 2001.

Description
Spenser calls attention to his sources and models in "The Faerie Queene." SqT, "Orlando Furioso," and English medieval romances are specific sources, while narrative collections such as CT, anthologies of romances, or perhaps Malory's "Morte Darthur" inspired the structure of Spenser's work.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Squire and His Tale.
Canterbury Tales--General.