JOURNAL ARTICLE

Complaint, Anger, and Poetic Form in the Tristram Episode of The Faerie Queene.

  • Published In: SEL: Studies in English Literature (Johns Hopkins), 2025, v. 63, n. 1. P. 27 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Brown, Richard Danson 3 of 3

Abstract

This article reexamines Spenser's representation of anger through the neglected canto in which Tristram rescues a nameless lady from abuse by a nameless knight. It explores the poetic forms and recurring narrative motifs which underpin the Tristram episode, and argues that, in The Faerie Queene , the representation of anger entails critical use of the complaint mode. It shows Spenser's critical response to Lipsius's Neostoic De Constantia , a dialogue which opposes complaint as a psychological maneuver and as a rhetorical practice. The article suggests that Spenser's poetic styles are key to the interpretation of the poem's broader allegorical engagement with Courtesy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:SEL: Studies in English Literature (Johns Hopkins). 2025/01, Vol. 63, Issue 1, p27
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0039-3657
  • DOI:10.1353/sel.2025.a952059
  • Accession Number:183176489
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