faerie queene reading plan
finish before new year's
again, you can do this whole thing for free, buying stuff is optional. secondary materials are optional but helpful, don’t let them snag you up or make you fall behind, only use them if they help.
buy:
the allegory of love, c. s. lewis
the faerie queene, edited by a. c. hamilton et al
the faerie queene audiobook, read by david timson
free:
the allegory of love, c. s. lewis
spenser’s faerie queene: an interpretation, janet spens
the faerie queene, edmund spenser:
william flesch’s milton & spenser lectures but many of the links here are not quite right. the links here are correct but it’s annoying to navigate. dw i will individually link the lectures in the schedule
summaries (very useful for reading alongside the daily reading, to keep you from getting bogged up)
schedule:
10/2/23, allegory of love, chapter 1, part 1
10/3/23, allegory of love, chapter 1, parts 2 & 3
10/4/23, allegory of love, chapter 2, parts 1, 2, & 3
10/5/23, allegory of love, chapter 2, part 4
10/6/23, allegory of love, chapter 2, part 5
10/7/23, allegory of love, chapter 7, parts 1 & 2
10/8/23, allegory of love, chapter 7, part 3, til you reach note 792/“spoile of women”
10/9/23, spenser’s faerie queene: an interpretation, chapter 3
10/10/23, finish the allegory of love
10/11/23, book 1, prologue & canto 1,
10/12/23, book 1, cantos 2 & 3
10/13/23, book 1, canto 4
10/14/23, lecture 1 (first real class)
10/15/23, lecture 2 (cantos 1-4)
10/16/23, book 1, canto 5
10/17/23, book 1, canto 6
10/18/23, book 1, cantos 7 & 8
10/19/23, book 1, canto 9
10/20/23, book 1, canto 10
10/21/23, book 1, cantos 11 & 12
10/22/23, lecture 3 (allegory & character)
10/23/23, lecture 4 (spenser: allegory & character)
10/24/23, book 2, prologue & canto 1
10/25/23, book 2, canto 2
10/26/23, book 2, cantos 3 & 4
10/27/23, book 2, cantos 5 & 6
10/28/23, book 2, canto 7
10/29/23, book 2, canto 8
10/30/23, book 2, canto 9
10/31/23, book 2, canto 10
11/1/23, book 2, canto 11
11/2/23, book 2, canto 12
11/3/23, lecture 5 (temperance & certainty)
11/4/23, lecture 6 (temperance & self restraint)
11/5/23, lecture 7 (a lovely lay & the bower of bliss)
11/6/23, book 3, prologue & canto 1
11/7/23, book 3, canto 2
11/8/23, book 3, canto 3
11/9/23, book 3, canto 4
11/10/23, book 3, canto 5
11/11/23, book 3, canto 6
11/12/23, book 3, canto 7
11/13/23, book 3, canto 8
11/14/23, book 3, canto 9
11/15/23, book 3, canto 10
11/16/23, book 3, canto 11
11/17/23, canto 12 & the “five cancelled stanzas”
11/18/23, lecture 8 (beginning of book 3)
11/19/23, lecture 9 (britomart & allegory)
11/20/23, lecture 10 (more on book 3)
11/21/23, lecture 11 (amoret & belphoebe)
11/22/23, lecture 12 (living in fairyland)
11/23/23: thanksgiving! enjoy your break!
11/24/23, lecture 13 (the garden of adonis)
11/25/23, book 4, prologue & canto 1
11/26/23, book 4, canto 2
11/27/23, book 4, cantos 3 & 4
11/28/23, book 4, cantos 5 & 6
11/29/23, book 4, canto 7
11/30/23, book 4, canto 8
12/1/23, book 4, canto 9
12/2/23, book 4, canto 10
12/3/23, book 4, cantos 11 & 12
12/4/23, lecture 14 (love & friendship)
12/5/23, lecture 15 (friend as second self)
12/6/23, lecture 16 (the temple of venus)
12/7/23, book 5, prologue & canto 1
12/8/23, lecture 17 (varieties of justice)
12/9/23, book 5, canto 2
12/10/23, lecture 18 (justice & courtesy)
12/11/23, book 5, cantos 3 & 4
12/12/23, book 5, canto 5
12/13/23, book 5, canto 6
12/14/23, book 5, cantos 7 & 8
12/15/23, book 5, canto 9 & 10
12/16/23, book 5, canto 11
12/17/23, book 5, canto 12
12/18/23, book 6, prologue & cantos 1 & 2
12/19/23, book 6, cantos 3 & 4
12/20/23, book 6, cantos 5 & 6
12/21/23, book 6, cantos 7 & 8
12/22/23, book 6, canto 9 & 10
12/23/23, book 6 canto 11 & 12
12/24/23, christmas eve! enjoy your break!
12/25/23, christmas day! enjoy your break!
12/26/23, boxing day! enjoy your break!
12/27/23, lecture 19 (variety & uniformity)
12/28/23, lecture 20 (book 6 as pastoral)
12/29/23, the mutabilitie cantos (congrats! you’ve finished the book! 🥳)
12/30/23, lecture 21 (scopophilia & narrative)
she's done it again, there's not stopping the culturing!