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Cosmic Languishing in Spenser and Tasso
by Giulio J. Pertile

Over the last 25 or so years, the view of Tasso from the vantage point of Spenser studies has remained fairly consistent, and at times somewhat one-dimensional: the Gerusalemme Liberata as the paradigm of neo-classical epic closure, with all of the ideological associations this generic form entails. Read more…

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Cite as:

Giulio J. Pertile, "Cosmic Languishing in Spenser and Tasso," Spenser Review (Winter 2021).
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenseronline/review/volume-51/511/cosmic-languishing-in-spenser-and-tasso
Accessed April 26th, 2025.
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