The Allegorical Temper: Vision and Reality in Book II of Spenser's Faerie Queene

Acrasia action allegory Alma's appearance applied Arthur attitude becomes begin Belphoebe body Book Book II called Canto castle cause character Christian chronicle classical clear comparison concept consciousness critics described desire divine doth effect episode ethical Everyman evil example excellence existence expressed eyes fable face fact Faerie Queene faire feel fiction force function give grace Guyon hand hero hero's honor human idea ideal intention kind knight lines living look Mammon man's meaning merely MICHIGAN mind moral nature object Palmer passage passions person physical pleasure poem poet poetic poetry presented Press problem quest reader reality reason reference response seems seen sense simile situation soul Spenser spirit stanzas suggests symbolic temperance things tion true turn University virtue weakness York