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Blatant Beast
Blatant Beast, in Spenser's Faerie Queene, Bk VI, a monster, the personification of the calumnious voice of the world, begotten of Envy and Detraction. Sir Calidore pursues it, overcomes it and chains it up. But finally it breaks the chain, ‘So now he raungeth through the world againe.’ Cf. Questing Beast.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Blatant Beast." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Blatant Beast." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BlatantBeast.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Blatant Beast." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BlatantBeast.html |
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Blatant Beast
Blatant Beast in Spenser's Faerie Queene, a monster, the personification of the calumnious voice of the world, begotten of Envy and Detraction.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Blatant Beast." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Blatant Beast." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-BlatantBeast.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Blatant Beast." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-BlatantBeast.html |
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