SOURCE: Hughes, John. “Remarks on The Fairy Queen.” In Spenser's Critics: Changing Currents in Literary Taste, edited by William R. Mueller, pp. 18-27. New York: Syracuse University Press, 1959.
In the following excerpt, originally published in 1715, Hughes points out significant flaws in The Faerie Queene but also demonstrates its beauty.
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