Notre avis :
The notion of time is still very approximative in Renaissance times. So that Emilien Mohsen’s study appears as fundamental to understand Edmund Spencer’s complex poetry. Taking into account philosophical, historical, literary and technical aspects of the poet’s influences, he opposes the notion of heroic time to the consuming one in its apocalyptic but also regenerative and cyclic aspects. A very well handled work.
Résumé :
Edmund Spencer is to be ranked as one of England’s Renaissance most famous poets. He was the foundingfather of the literary group “Areopagus” whose talent was enlisted in supporting the cause of the Leicester faction in matters of religion and politics. His work, among which one can find “The Shepheardes calendar” and “Fairy queene” echoes the period of Queen Elisabeth I ‘s court. Emilien Mohsen builds a fundamental essay on the use of time in this work.
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