Responses to Harry R. Berger, Resisting Allegory: Interpretive Delirium in Spenser's "Faerie Queene"
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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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).
Accessed March 3rd, 2025.
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