Peter Desa Wiggins
Biographic Data
| ID | 5767537 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Desa Wiggins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter Desa |
| FAMILY NAME | Wiggins |
| SIGNATURE | WIGGINS P D |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of William and Mary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Spenser's Use of Arisoto
Conspicuous irrelevance, the term adopted by Harry Berger to describe certain puzzling moments in the Spenserian narrative, might also serve to describe Spenser's allusions to the Orlando Furioso, which are pervasive and, for the most part, appear indifferent to their source—frequently the most indifferent just when they are the easiest to identify. One thinks, for example, of the Timias and Belphoebe episode of book III, canto v, which disregard…
Figures in Ariosto's Tapestry
Spenser's Anxiety
From the Ariosto critic's point of view, Spenser criticism too often treats the Orlando Furioso (a great-albeit, in our time, unread classic of Western literature) as a footnote to The Faerie Queene and leaves Ariosto looking like a minor author. Even the most generous of the Spenserians, Paul J. Alpers, with his distinction between Ariosto, the master of visual and dramatic effects, and Spenser, the poet of complex psychological phenomena, gives…
Figures in Ariosto's Tapestry
Amore, ragione e follia
Ariosto's Rinaldo
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Ariosto's Rinaldo
Amore, ragione e follia
Figures in Ariosto's Tapestry
Spenser's Anxiety
From the Ariosto critic's point of view, Spenser criticism too often treats the Orlando Furioso (a great-albeit, in our time, unread classic of Western literature) as a footnote to The Faerie Queene and leaves Ariosto looking like a minor author. Even the most generous of the Spenserians, Paul J. Alpers, with his distinction between Ariosto, the master of visual and dramatic effects, and Spenser, the poet of complex psychological phenomena, gives…
Figures in Ariosto's Tapestry
Spenser's Use of Arisoto
Conspicuous irrelevance, the term adopted by Harry Berger to describe certain puzzling moments in the Spenserian narrative, might also serve to describe Spenser's allusions to the Orlando Furioso, which are pervasive and, for the most part, appear indifferent to their source—frequently the most indifferent just when they are the easiest to identify. One thinks, for example, of the Timias and Belphoebe episode of book III, canto v, which disregard…
Art (5 works) · Renaissance and Early Modern Studies (3 works) · Renaissance Literature and Culture (3 works) · Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism (2 works) · Cultural and Social Studies in Latin America (2 works) · History (2 works) · Humanities (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)