"Ryse Up Elisa” – Woman Trapped in a Lay: Spenser's "Aprill"

By Marianne Micros

In Edmund Spenser's "Aprill," Colin Cloute, by creating and controlling an idealized woman, has silenced the source of his own creative power. However, Colin's lay contains hints that Elisa is neither perfect nor passive: complex natural and…

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