The Poem's Two Bodies

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Focusing on the human body as a poetic and ideological construct, the book delves into Spenser's allegory in The Faerie Queene. David Lee Miller explores how the poem reflects a fantasy of bodily wholeness, paralleling the anticipated yet deferred union of Arthur and Gloriana. This analysis offers a significant contribution to the understanding of Renaissance literature and its ideological underpinnings, revealing the intricate connections between bodily imagery and narrative structure in Spenser's work.