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'[A] model of a sustained, close, critical reading of a single book. . . ..Its strengths lie precisely in the painstaking and patient unpacking of book 1 through an immensely learned discussion of sixteenth-century theology and in particular the invisible church as conceived in Calvinism' Renaissance Quarterly, Winter 2014 'Walls's sophisticated exploration of the many cultural and literary infratexts should be required reading for Spenser scholars or graduate students pursuing an interest in this remarkable and important early modern poet. . . . evinces a refreshing independence of inquiry that is unafraid to follow the evidence wherever it leads' Cahiers Elizabethains, 2014 '[P]ersuasively demonstrates that reading Una alongside contemporary Protestant thought about the invisible church greatly enriches her role in the poem. Walls's tightly-focused book establishes that Una's travails deserve as much careful attention as those of the knight who seeks her' Spenser Review 44.3.64, Jan 2015 'groundbreaking . . . Walls's book is not only crucial to all Spenserians, but to all early modern academics and students. . . . an unflinching reflection [on criticism to date]. . . . an indispensable companion to The Faerie Queene' Parergon 32: 1, 2015 -- .

'[A] model of a sustained, close, critical reading of a single book. . . ..Its strengths lie precisely in the painstaking and patient unpacking of book 1 through an immensely learned discussion of sixteenth-century theology and in particular the invisible church as conceived in Calvinism' Renaissance Quarterly, Winter 2014 'Walls's sophisticated exploration of the many cultural and literary infratexts should be required reading for Spenser scholars or graduate students pursuing an interest in this remarkable and important early modern poet. . . . evinces a refreshing independence of inquiry that is unafraid to follow the evidence wherever it leads' Cahiers Elizabethains, 2014 '[P]ersuasively demonstrates that reading Una alongside contemporary Protestant thought about the invisible church greatly enriches her role in the poem. Walls's tightly-focused book establishes that Una's travails deserve as much careful attention as those of the knight who seeks her' Spenser Review 44.3.64, Jan 2015 'groundbreaking . . . Walls's book is not only crucial to all Spenserians, but to all early modern academics and students. . . . an unflinching reflection [on criticism to date]. . . . an indispensable companion to The Faerie Queene' Parergon 32: 1, 2015 -- .

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Kathryn Walls is Professor of English at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

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