Commentary on Carol Barthel's 'Prince Arthur and Bottom the Weaver'
- Author / Editor
- Davis, Walter R.
Commentary on Carol Barthel's 'Prince Arthur and Bottom the Weaver'
- Published
- David A. Richardson, ed. Spenser: Classical, Medieval, Renaissance, and Modern (Cleveland State University, 1977), pp. 84-91. [Microfiche available from the Department of English.]
- Description
- Disagrees with Carol Barthel's assertion that Spenser derived Prince Arthur's dream of the Fairy Queen from Chaucer's Thop, but argues that, in completing SqT in Book 4 of "The Faerie Queene," Spenser encourages his readers to seek allegorical meaning.
- 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
- Squire and His Tale