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Excerpt from Edmund Spenser: And the Impersonations of Francis Bacon Imagination and experience; General intention of the Faerie Queene; Considered in relation to Spenser's circumstances; The author as revealed in the work; His attitude towards the Queen; His method; the Queen, Prince Arthur; The identity of the principal characters; The Redcrosse Knight; Sir Guyon; Arthegal; Scudamore; Amoret; Irish allusions; The "Mutabilitie" cantos; Marinell and Florimell; The "Rich strond"; The trial of Mary, Queen of Scots; Blandamour and Paridell; Some minor characters; Their attitude towards the "crowd" Bacon's emotional side deficient; His passion for order and completeness; And for distinction and magnificence; His spiritual feelings primitive; "Invention" in English poetry; Tolstoi's hatred of Shakespeare; Bacon's ideas as to the nature of the soul; His purpose in writing; Aristotle's argument, De Anima; Bacon's alleged materialism; His attitude towards metaphysics; And towards the Christian revelation; Bacon's theory of "spirits'; His disparagement of philosophers; Scheme for the "interpretation of Nature" The Tempest, explained in the light of this theory; The term "spirits," as used by all three writers; And by the author of the Arte of English Poesie. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.