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• Published in: Renaissance quarterly Vol. 74; no. 1; pp. 349 - 351
• Main Author: Parry, Joseph
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.04.2021
• Subjects: 16th century; Chaucer, Geoffrey (1340?-1400); Dutch language; English literature; Literary history; Nuns; Politeness; Religion; Renaissance period; Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599); Spirituality

The final three chapters take us to Edmund Spenser, both his manifestly Chaucer-inflected antique language and, more importantly, the way that E.K. as both editorial voice and textual apparatus influences Speght's own editorial furnishings; Francis Thynne, William's son, whose Animadversio...