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T H E PA I N O F R E F O R M AT I O N FF55665588..iinnddbb ii 22//99//1122 88::4400::5511 AAMM FF55665588..iinnddbb iiii 22//99//1122 88::4400::5522 AAMM IJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJJK L M THE PAIN OF L M L M L M REFORMATION L M L M L M NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP spenser, vulnerabilit y, and the ethics of masculinit y joseph campana ❁ Fordham University Press, New York 2012 FF55665588..iinnddbb iiiiii 22//99//1122 88::4400::5522 AAMM Copyright © 2012 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Campana, Joseph. Th e pain of Reformation : Spenser, vulnerability, and the ethics of masculinity / Joseph Campana. — 1st ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8232-3910-8 1. Spenser, Edmund, 1552?–1599. Faerie queene. 2. Masculinity in literature. 3. Senses and sensation in literature. 4. Ethics in literature. 5. Reformation—England. I. Title. pr2358.c35 2012 821'.3—dc23 2011037020 Printed in the United States of America 14 13 12 5 4 3 2 1 First edition FF55665588..iinnddbb iivv 22//99//1122 88::4400::5522 AAMM Contents List of Figures vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 part i: the legend of holiness 1. Reading Bleeding Trees: Th e Poetics of Other People’s Pain 47 2. Spenser’s Dark Materials: Representation in the Shadow of Christ 75 part ii: the legend of temperance 3. On Not Defending Poetry: Spenser, Suff ering, and the Energy of Aff ect 107 4. Boy Toys and Liquid Joys: Pleasure and Power in the Bower of Bliss 129 part iii: the legend of chastity 5. Vulnerable Subjects: Amoret’s Agony, Britomart’s Battle for Chastity 163 6. Damaged Gods: Adonis and the Pain of Allegory 204 Conclusion 225 Notes 239 Index 275 FF55665588..iinnddbb vv 22//99//1122 88::4400::5522 AAMM FF55665588..iinnddbb vvii 22//99//1122 88::4400::5522 AAMM Figures 1 Th e Apotheosis of James I and Other Studies: Multiple Sketch for the Banqueting House Ceiling, Whitehall 18 2 Peter Paul Rubens, Venus and Adonis, circa 1614 19 3 Peter Paul Rubens, Venus and Adonis, mid-or late 1630s 19 4 Peter Paul Rubens, Venus Lamenting over the Dead Adonis 20 5 Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, Th e Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus, 1610–12 21 6 Peter Paul Rubens, Mars and Venus, 1618–1620 22 FF55665588..iinnddbb vviiii 22//99//1122 88::4400::5522 AAMM FF55665588..iinnddbb vviiiiii 22//99//1122 88::4400::5522 AAMM Acknowledgments Writing accumulates not merely words but also debt—happily so. Since this is a study of a poem characterized by errancy, it was inevi- table that its development would be characterized by straying through a variety of times, places, and institutions. My fascination with Th e Faerie Queene began in the classroom of the incomparable Sherron Knopp at Williams College. Th ere I had the good fortune of learning from Karen Swann, Anita Sokolsky, Louise Glück, Clara Park, Kathryn Kent, Chris Waters, Regina Kunzel, David Eppel, and many others. Th is project incubated with mentoring from Jonathan Dollimore at the University of Sussex where I also had the pleasure of studying with Mandy Merck. Later, Gordon Teskey, now of Harvard University, proved an utterly singular example in his own scholarship and an unfl agging supporter of mine. At Cornell, I had the privilege of working with him and with Winthrop Wetherbee, Mary Jacobus, Debra Fried, Reeve Parker, Scott McMillin, Barbara Correll, Alice Fulton, Roger Gilbert, and others. My colleagues at Kenyon College and Rice University have been un- stintingly giving of their time and support. I thank both institutions for ample research funding and leave time. At Rice, the help of talented research assistants was vital; thanks to Anna Dodson, Nicholas Grant- Collins, Joanna O’Leary, Samitha Murthy, and Suzanne Rindell. Spe- cial thanks to Terry Munstieri for her extraordinary editing skills. Th e support of my Rice colleagues Helena Michie, Robert Patten, Caroline Levander, Rosemary Hennessy, Cary Wolfe, Alexander Regier, Edward Anderson, and Diane Wolfthal has been invaluable. In the course of writing this book I have been humbled by the generosity of those initially unknown to me. Anonymity and distance FF55665588..iinnddbb iixx 22//99//1122 88::4400::5522 AAMM

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