Whoever wrote “Spencer” obviously was never taught by Prof. Sheila Cavanagh (“horrible things will happen to anyone who spells ‘Spenser’ with a ‘c’”). On the other hand, how nice to see Faerie (not ‘fairy’, all due respect to Gordon Braden). As for ‘Pip’, I assume that this is Sir Philip Sidney (‘Sir Pip’ in Astrophel and Stella), not Pip of Great Expectations, even though Dickens got that title from Astrophel and Stella. If you think I am an English Major, someone has to be.
Whoever wrote “Spencer” obviously was never taught by Prof. Sheila Cavanagh (“horrible things will happen to anyone who spells ‘Spenser’ with a ‘c’”). On the other hand, how nice to see Faerie (not ‘fairy’, all due respect to Gordon Braden). As for ‘Pip’, I assume that this is Sir Philip Sidney (‘Sir Pip’ in Astrophel and Stella), not Pip of Great Expectations, even though Dickens got that title from Astrophel and Stella. If you think I am an English Major, someone has to be.