Reviews

The Warrior Princess by Edmund Spenser

annouk's review against another edition

Read cantos 6, 11 and 12 (pretty good, enjoyed more with audiobook)

lawrenceevalyn's review against another edition

3.0

Each individual stanza is lovely, but goodness does Spenser write so MUCH, and with such a meandering structure. The more I read about the political context of this work re: Ireland, the more suspect I find his project of defining an English, Protestant national identity. Violent opposition to Irish cultural heritage is a lot less cute than just sucking up to Elizabeth I.