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Exit Belpheobe—Timias lays down his arms, “wearing out his youthly years” (41). Whenever knights retreat into the woods they tend to become either delirious (Or...

Like liquid, Lust, in his arousal (cloth’d?), As Easter-Cyclops roll’d away the stone. To fly this time, or to out-cry, not loath’d By Amoret,...

Canto vii rewinds to explain how Amoret and Britomart become separated, and we began by wondering, what does it mean that Amoret wanders off “for pleasure, or f...

A change of scenery (many thanks to the keeper of Castle Logan) and the malaise of break prompted a slow and reflective meandering across a mere 8 stanzas to th...

Our text stretched from 24 to 41 last week: a base on which the work as a whole rests in terms of themes and arc. Here, Brit. and Art. at last meet, and Ed show...

In canto vi, we did not feel the usual comfort of beginning, even after the seeming promise of refreshment (v.46) following the weariness of canto v. Scudamor e...

Following Sir Scudamour in his pursuit of Amoret, we return to the mode of high allegory with a visit to Care’s workshop. Figured as a metalworker, Care i...

We rejoined our friends at the end of the tournament, when the narrator, with uncharacteristic generosity, recounts for us who won on each day, before turning t...

At the tournament’s end, we reflected on its organization. There is team Maidenhead and a team without a name, which raised questions about opposition. Wh...

The beginning of the tournament puzzled us for a few reasons: its peculiar, half-civilized location on the field or plain (17, 18); the unpredictable combinatio...