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Book Description: These paired Arthurian legends suggest that erotic desire and the desire for companionship undergird national politics. The maiden Britomart, Queen Elizabeth's fictional ancestor, dons armor to search for a man whom she has seen in a crystal ball. While on this quest, she seeks to understand how one can be chaste while pursuing a sexual goal, in love with a man while passionately attached to a woman, a warrior princess yet a wife. As Spenser's most sensitively developed character, Britomart is capable of heroic deeds but also of teenage self pity. Her experience is anatomized in the stories of other characters, where versions of love and friendship include physical gratification, torture, mutual aid, competition, spiritual ecstasy, self sacrifice, genial teasing, jealousy, abduction, wise government, sedition, and the valiant defense of a pig shed. <P> <P> <b><i>The Faerie Queene</i> from Hackett Publishing Company</b><BR> General Editor, Abraham Stoll <P> Spenser's great work in five volumes. Each includes its own Introduction, annotation, notes on the text, bibliography, glossary, and index of characters; Spenser's 'Letter to Raleigh' and a short Life of Edmund Spenser appear in every volume.

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