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Phineas Fletcherâs epic allegorical poem The Purple Island (1633) combines anatomical and devotional perspectives on the self as the poet explores the relationship between body and soul. The titular island is figured as both body and as England, thus merging religious, corporeal, devotional, and geo-national narratives. The present critical edition offers the first fresh editorial approach to the poem in over a century and situates the poem in its historical and critical contexts. Although the poem has often been regarded as a bizarre and fragmented curiosity, Johnathan H. Pope compellingly argues in favour of a more unified reading and understanding of the text as a whole, offering a newly-annotated edition that illuminates the text for both the Fletcher specialist and newcomer alike.
Johnathan H. Pope, Ph.D. (2009), McMaster University, is Assistant Professor of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Grenfell Campus. He has published articles on mortalism, Shakespeare and film, Renaissance anatomy, and Francis Quarles.
âPopeâs is an edition of The Purple Island that I hope will introduce a generation of new readers, especially graduate students in nondramatic Renaissance literature, to this important yet understudied poem.â
Mark Bayer, University of Texas at San Antonio. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 2 (Summer 2018), pp. 836-837.
Mark Bayer, University of Texas at San Antonio. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 2 (Summer 2018), pp. 836-837.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Dedication and Prefatory Poems
Canto I
Canto II
Canto III
Canto IIII
Canto V
Canto VI
Canto VII
Canto VIII
Canto IX
Canto X
Canto XI
Canto XII
Francis Quarles, âTo my deare friend, the SPENCER of this ageâ
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Dedication and Prefatory Poems
Canto I
Canto II
Canto III
Canto IIII
Canto V
Canto VI
Canto VII
Canto VIII
Canto IX
Canto X
Canto XI
Canto XII
Francis Quarles, âTo my deare friend, the SPENCER of this ageâ
Index
All those interested in Renaissance anatomy and devotional or epic poetry, as well as those interested in Edmund Spencerâs legacy. Of primary interest to academic libraries, specialists, and graduate or post-graduate students.