God's only daughter: Spenser's Una as the invisible Church

God's only daughter: Spenser's Una as the invisible Church (The Manchester Spenser)

In this study, Kathryn Walls challenges the standard identification of Una with the post-Reformation English Church, arguing that she is, rather, Augustineâ€™s City of God â€“ the invisible Church, whose membership is known only to God. Unaâ€™s story (its Tudor resonances notwithstanding) therefore embraces that of the Synagogue before the Incarnation as well as that of the Church in the time of Christ and thereafter. It also allegorises the redemptive process that sustains the true Church. Una is fallible in canto I. Subsequently, however, she comes to embody divine perfection. Her transformation depends upon the intervention of the lion as Christ.

Convinced of the consistency and coherence of Spenserâ€™s allegory, Walls offers fresh interpretations of Abessa (as Synagoga), of the fauns and satyrs (the Gentiles), and of Unaâ€™s dwarf (adiaphoric forms of worship). She also reinterprets Spenserâ€™s marriage metaphor, clarifying the significance of Red Cross as Unaâ€™s spouse in the final canto.
Country USA
Brand Manchester University Press
Manufacturer Manchester University Press
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-11-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780719090370

Country	USA
Brand	Manchester University Press
Manufacturer	Manchester University Press
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-11-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780719090370

God's only daughter: Spenser's Una as the invisible Church (The Manchester Spenser)