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The Seven Deadly Passions: Edmund Spenser, Architectonike and Genre Critic

The Seven Deadly Passions: Edmund Spenser, Architectonike and Genre Critic James R. Fisher The paralleis between the first two books ofSpenser's The Faerie Q'W!ene have long been a subject for critical discussion, l but it has not been noticed previously that the Pageant ofthe Seven Deadly Sins (1.4) has a direct match in the Phedon Story (2.4), probably because the nature ofthat match is highly mechanical. Even though the pageant and the story "looknothing alike, they begin and end at the same points in their respective books, exact to the canto and stanza. In general the paralleis between these books have been seen as matters of plot structure and involve similar elements like characters, casdes and caves. A C. Hamilton provides the following summary: In each the knight who represents a particular virtue (Holiness, Temperance) leaves the court ofthe Faery Queen with a guide (Una, the Palmer) and later defeats two chief antagonists (Sansfoy and Sanjoy, Pyrochles and Cymochles); upon being separated from his guide, he enters a place of temptation (the house of Pride, the cave of Mammon), and later falls. Then being rescued by Arthur and reunited with bis guide, he enters a place of instruction (the house ofHoliness, the castle of Alma) and finally fulfils http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Explorations in Renaissance Culture Brill

The Seven Deadly Passions: Edmund Spenser, Architectonike and Genre Critic

Explorations in Renaissance Culture , Volume 19 (1): 135 – Dec 2, 1993

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Brill
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© Copyright 1993 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0098-2474
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2352-6963
DOI
10.1163/23526963-90000150
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Abstract

James R. Fisher The paralleis between the first two books ofSpenser's The Faerie Q'W!ene have long been a subject for critical discussion, l but it has not been noticed previously that the Pageant ofthe Seven Deadly Sins (1.4) has a direct match in the Phedon Story (2.4), probably because the nature ofthat match is highly mechanical. Even though the pageant and the story "looknothing alike, they begin and end at the same points in their respective books, exact to the canto and stanza. In general the paralleis between these books have been seen as matters of plot structure and involve similar elements like characters, casdes and caves. A C. Hamilton provides the following summary: In each the knight who represents a particular virtue (Holiness, Temperance) leaves the court ofthe Faery Queen with a guide (Una, the Palmer) and later defeats two chief antagonists (Sansfoy and Sanjoy, Pyrochles and Cymochles); upon being separated from his guide, he enters a place of temptation (the house of Pride, the cave of Mammon), and later falls. Then being rescued by Arthur and reunited with bis guide, he enters a place of instruction (the house ofHoliness, the castle of Alma) and finally fulfils

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Published: Dec 2, 1993

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