tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post2262570584511549495..comments2024-02-09T16:13:32.416-08:00Comments on Classical Carousel: On Reading 'The Faerie Queene' by C.S. LewisCleohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-14150739926914915572020-09-29T10:05:09.160-07:002020-09-29T10:05:09.160-07:00I’m coming in rather late here but there’s somethi...I’m coming in rather late here but there’s something I’ve been wondering about this topic and You nicely cover this, Thanks for sharing such this nice article. Your post was really good. Some ideas can be made. About English literature. Further, you can access this site to read <a href="https://englishliterature24.blogspot.com/2017/09/discuss-faerie-queene-as-allegory.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Faerie Queene as an Allegory</b></a>English Literaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15240271716585870776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-80713618847736105292016-01-31T12:22:53.735-08:002016-01-31T12:22:53.735-08:00This is just an essay (Lewis has a couple more of ...This is just an essay (Lewis has a couple more of them on Spenser), but if you really want some help with the poem, get <i>Spenser's Images of Life</i> by Lewis. A good amount I feel is over my head, but it may become clearer as I read the poem. I'm a little nervous too so we can all feel overwhelmed together. And I didn't know that you'd already read TFQ too!!! I'm the only newbie, I think..... actually Ruth probably hasn't read it either. Sigh! I feel like I'll be swimming in a pool of my own ignorance, but that's okay, because when I'm finished I'll be on some other level. Where, who knows, but hopefully I'll have gained some understanding!!! :-ZCleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-48597910617655543552016-01-31T09:15:22.045-08:002016-01-31T09:15:22.045-08:00I need this book! I'm going to try and buy it ...I need this book! I'm going to try and buy it and read it before we start.<br /><br />Actually getting nervous about this read-along! My first read was a disaster: I just read my initial review of it on my old blog - "excruciating" was how I summed it up! :)<br /><br />But I do live in hope... :)ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-54574345089696250142016-01-28T08:57:27.653-08:002016-01-28T08:57:27.653-08:00This essay was nice introduction. I'm also re...This essay was nice introduction. I'm also reading Lewis' <i>Spenser's Images of Life</i>; it's a read brain twister. I'm probably understanding about 50% of it, but that's better than nothing. Faerie Queene, here we come! :-)Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-63753529499922991592016-01-28T05:57:32.664-08:002016-01-28T05:57:32.664-08:00What a way to whet one's appetite! I am looki...What a way to whet one's appetite! I am looking forward to it, too.Ruth @ with freedom and bookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15531827758868215023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-2510679266312638552016-01-27T15:18:24.020-08:002016-01-27T15:18:24.020-08:00There's nothing too intricate about the read-a...There's nothing too intricate about the read-along. There are about 6 or 7 of us who are going to read The Faerie Queene in mid-April. Anyone is welcome to join in!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-9284712529522457282016-01-27T12:26:25.366-08:002016-01-27T12:26:25.366-08:00So very interesting. Perhaps I should embrace my s...So very interesting. Perhaps I should embrace my second-childhood by tackling Spenser. Tell me more about the April "challenge." RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-18686962122564346902016-01-27T10:21:11.326-08:002016-01-27T10:21:11.326-08:00Ha, ha! Don't worry. I would imagine reading...Ha, ha! Don't worry. I would imagine reading it once would merely give you a familiarization of the poem === it would take numerous readings to really delve into it. No pressure! And thanks to your Arthurian challenge, I think I've at least had some sort of introduction into Spenser's world. We'll see .......Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-79552867149989184572016-01-27T07:32:57.103-08:002016-01-27T07:32:57.103-08:00Hang on a second there--don't go thinking I...Hang on a second there--don't go thinking I've already read the whole FQ! Nope. I read *some* in college--one of the basic English classes everybody took was Chaucer/Spenser/Milton--but we can't have read the whole 6 books. We probably read Book I plus some selections (and I know we read some other, smaller things). I wrote a paper, but I don't remember what Spenser thing it was on. And that was about 23 years ago. So don't go thinking I'm some sort of pro!Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-4299026523923437852016-01-26T23:38:44.405-08:002016-01-26T23:38:44.405-08:00Happy to help! But my Eng Honors teachers, well so...Happy to help! But my Eng Honors teachers, well some of them, made me leave English after undergrad and switch to International Relations for Graduate Studies...My Medieval English Prof was of those "some" and his Faerie Queene left a lot to be desired. However I will be happy to share anything I can recollect, especially some of reading references that helped me navigate in the mire of darkness that my Prof. led me too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-28387447353216483312016-01-26T22:26:36.646-08:002016-01-26T22:26:36.646-08:00He's really great. I don't always agree w...He's really great. I don't always agree with him but most of the time he makes very good sense. And he also has a beautiful creative side to his writing, which is quite lovely.<br /><br />I didn't know that you'd already read it too, just like Jean! O and I will perhaps be the only amateurs, that is unless she's read it too and I don't know about it. In any case, we'll be depending on you two to prop us up!Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-60404204067120016892016-01-26T22:23:53.536-08:002016-01-26T22:23:53.536-08:00Ack! I guess in Lewis' time you could run out...Ack! I guess in Lewis' time you could run out and buy an illustrated version for £5. :-( I'm going to keep my eye out for one though. I'll have to look online for illustrations as I read. I really love that one of Una and the Lion. There must be some really wonderful ones still to discover! Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-51672161714295009782016-01-26T20:45:30.739-08:002016-01-26T20:45:30.739-08:00I am really becoming a fan of Lewis...His insights...I am really becoming a fan of Lewis...His insights and summarizes are very very interesting and unique. An illustrated Faerie Queene would have definitely made it more of an absorbing read during my Eng. Honors days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495382709151625398.post-37299912575114183802016-01-26T17:12:51.388-08:002016-01-26T17:12:51.388-08:00That line about an illustrated edition struck me t...That line about an illustrated edition struck me too, when I read it...and is there a lavishly illustrated FQ out there? Not for less than $300 or so, there ain't! Sigh. I do actually have the Walter Crane illustrations in a Dover book all by themselves, so maybe I'll have that nearby while I read.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.com