1552?-1599

Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Edmund Spenser.

Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work The Faerie Queene, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author.

Sixteen critical essays on the Elizabethan poet and his works.

Describes how C.S. Lewis's Narnia series was influenced by Edmund Spenser's "The Faerie Queen" and John Milton's "Paradise Lost" focusing on the depiction of evil, female characters, symbolic landscapes and settings, and spiritual concepts.