Prince Arthur and Bottom the Weaver: The Renaissance Dream of the Fairy Queen

Author / Editor
Barthel, Carol.

Title
Prince Arthur and Bottom the Weaver: The Renaissance Dream of the Fairy Queen

Published
David A. Richardson, ed. Spenser: Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern (Cleveland State University, 1977), pp. 72-83. [Microfiche available from the Department of English.]

Description
In adapting the outdated motif of the medieval romance of dreaming of a fairy queen from Chaucer's Thop, Spenser blends naiveteĢ and sophistication.

Contributor
Richardson, David A., ed.

Alternative Title
Spenser: Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern.

Chaucer Subjects
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Tale of Sir Thopas