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Spenser’s Colin Clouts Come Home Againe: The Problem of Poetry
- David R. Shore
- ESC: English Studies in Canada
- Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English
- Volume 8, Number 3, September 1982
- pp. 262-281
- 10.1353/esc.1982.0031
- Article
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S P E N S E R ’ S C O L I N C L O U T S C O M E H O M E A G A I N E : T H E P R O B L E M O F P O E T R Y D A V I D R . S H O R E U n i ver si t y o f O t t a w a I T h e w r i t i n g o f C o l i n C l o u t s C o m e H o m e A g a i n e w a s a r a t h e r r e m a r k a b l e e v e n t i n Sp e n se r ’ s l i t e r a r y c ar e er . I n 15 7 9 , t h r o u g h t h e p u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e Sh ep h ea r d es C a l en d er , Sp e n se r p r o c l a i m e d h i m se l f t h e d i sc i p l e a n d h e i r o f V i r g i l a n d C h a u c e r . H e h a d sel f - c o n sc i o u sl y set o u t o n a w e l l - m a r k e d p a t h w h i c h w o u l d u l t i m a t e l y l e a d t o t h e h e r o i c r e a l m s o f t h e F a er i e Q i i een e a n d h e k n e w t h a t h i s i m a g i n a t i v e j o u r n e y m u st so o n l e a v e t h e l esser a n d l ess d e m a n d i n g f i e l d s o f p a st o r a l f a r b e h i n d . C o l i n C l o u t , t h e sh ep h e r d - p o et w h o i s Sp e n se r ’ s p e r so n a w i t h i n t h e w o r l d o f t h e C a l en d er , se r v e d h i s c r e a t o r w el l . B u t a t t h e e n d o f t h e C a l en d er C o l i n h a s seen t h e p a st o r a l c y c l e d r a w t o a c l o se ; h e h i m se l f i s n e a r t o d e a t h a n d h i s f a r e w e l l t o p a st o r a l d el i g h t s i s al so Sp e n se r ’ s o w n : A d i e u m y li t t le L a m b e s a n d lo ve d sh ee p e , A d i e u ye W o o d e s t h a t o ft m y w it n esse w e r e : A...
ISSN | 1913-4835 |
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Print ISSN | 0317-0802 |
Pages | pp. 262-281 |
Launched on MUSE | 2019-04-03 |
Open Access | No |
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