tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post5777718411094944241..comments2023-09-16T09:00:31.715-04:00Comments on Telecommuter Talk: The Faerie Queene IIEmily Bartonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-51661140048480847902009-03-03T15:52:00.000-05:002009-03-03T15:52:00.000-05:00Thanks, Jeffers. I hope you don't mind if I copy a...Thanks, Jeffers. I hope you don't mind if I copy and paste your comment as part of my next post on The Faerie Queene.Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-51024921686452721792009-03-03T13:47:00.000-05:002009-03-03T13:47:00.000-05:00For those having a great deal of understandable tr...For those having a great deal of understandable trouble getting the hang of reading The Faerie Queene, I would like to recommend the edition of Books I and II and the Mutabilitie Cantos that was edited by Robert Kellogg and Oliver Steele back in the 1960s. (On Amazon, search "Edmund Spenser Robert Kellogg Oliver Steele" to find all available copies under variant versions of the title. At this writing, about 40 copies are available, some as for as little as penny plus shipping.) This edition has MODERN SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION (but original vocabulary and syntax, of course), handy explanations of the hard words RIGHT IN THE MARGIN, and brief, handy explanatory notes RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. There is also a LONG, detailed introduction with thorough summaries of each episode, in case there are some you still can't figure out, as well as basic (sometimes not-so-basic) explanations of the allegory. This edition is a tremendous, invaluable help at getting a new reader up to speed with Spenser's language; after finishing it, you'll be much better prepared to dive into the original spelling and original punctuation of most other editions when you move on to Books III-VI. (Or, if you can't make headway even with this edition, you'll know that you probably never will get anywhere with Spenser and can move on to other books.) By the way, if you are using just the Penguin edition, don't miss the explanations of "Common Words" given at the back of the book (I accidentally posted my original comment on that to the wrong installment of this blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-53245883757799523262009-01-31T09:35:00.000-05:002009-01-31T09:35:00.000-05:00Litlove, I think of you as thoroughly modern but a...Litlove, I think of you as thoroughly modern but am extremely curious about what sorts of perceptive psychological posts you could write on all this.<BR/><BR/>MFS, you can apparently get versions that give you one or two books in separate volumes (and they even look like they might have better annotations), perfect for trains.<BR/><BR/>Ms. Knits, oh boy! I get to be someone's heroine (better go tell my knight that).<BR/><BR/>Heather, well, you'll get there, or you won't, and I'll just keep thanking you profusely for the "bloudy" challenge.Emily Bartonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13971084813206845680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-83106793151410733692009-01-29T15:17:00.000-05:002009-01-29T15:17:00.000-05:00What a wonderful post!! You even make me want to r...What a wonderful post!! You even make me want to read it!! (I sadly am nowhere near finishing the first book even though I'm the one who proposed this 'bloudy' challenge! LOL)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13979896448183348883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-67407674780407237212009-01-29T14:08:00.000-05:002009-01-29T14:08:00.000-05:00Ye are sorely tempting me to read it someday...you...Ye are sorely tempting me to read it someday...you are my heroine for attempting it now. :)knitseashorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594976722011232979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-74136108358132912902009-01-29T08:29:00.000-05:002009-01-29T08:29:00.000-05:00Emily - you are making me want to read The Faerie ...Emily - you are making me want to read The Faerie Queene and I am damn sure it is not something I want to carry on the train. A hex on you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28169009.post-82365961355037043032009-01-29T03:19:00.000-05:002009-01-29T03:19:00.000-05:00Well, I'm impressed you've got through it. I tend ...Well, I'm impressed you've got through it. I tend to stop reading about 1830, being something of a Modernist by nature myself, but if I ever did venture further back in time, I would certainly consider Spenser after reading your wonderful description.litlovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10952927245186474480noreply@blogger.com