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Responses to Harry R. Berger, Resisting Allegory: Interpretive Delirium in Spenser's "Faerie Queene"
by David Lee Miller, Judith H. Anderson, Richard Danson Brown, Jeff Dolven, Ken Gross, James Nohrnberg, Ayesha Ramachandran

When the editors of The Spenser Review suggested a feature on Harry Berger, Jr.’s new book Resisting Allegory, I thought that, having had my say in the book’s introduction, I would ask a few friends and colleagues to share their thoughts. The results vary in length, tone, and point of view; I hope that this variety, which is deliberate, will help us relax the usual boundary between writing for publication and conversing through social media. A few contributions stand as written and submitted; others are woven together from email exchanges and previously published essays. Readers of what follows are invited to join the conversation, extending it into a thread on the Sidney-Spenser listserv. Read more…

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Cite as:

David Lee Miller, Judith H. Anderson, Richard Danson Brown, Jeff Dolven, Ken Gross, James Nohrnberg, Ayesha Ramachandran, "Responses to Harry R. Berger, Resisting Allegory: Interpretive Delirium in Spenser's "Faerie Queene"," Spenser Review (Spring-Summer 2020).
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/review/volume-50/502/responses-to-harry-r-berger-resisting-allegory-interpretive-delirium-in-spensers-faerie-queene-2
Accessed January 17th, 2025.
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