

Palinody in The S. Calender Palinody in The Shepheardes Calender: Edmund Spensers Custodial Use of Retraction and his PredecessorsPalinody in The S. Calender by ~spyderraver
A concluding retraction in a work of literature can often perplex an audience about a storys moral or a writers purpose. In Edmund Spensers The Shepheardes Calender, close readers will find it natural to recognize an element of palinody etched within the work. This abrupt shift in tone and design was a traditional maneuver for many poets through even the earliest movements of literacy, and with Spensers affinity for classical literature, his diligence for employing a negation at the end of his piece does not in