Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves: Book I of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene
Despite all of his acknowledged greatness, almost no one reads Spenser anymore. Roy Maynard takes the first book of the Faerie Queen, exploring the concept of Holiness with the character of the Redcross Knight, and makes Spenser accessible again. He does this not by dumbing it down, but by deftly modernizing the spelling, explaining the obscurities in clever asides, and cueing the reader towards the right response.  In today's cultural, aesthetic, and educational wars, Spenser is a mighty ally for 21st century Christians. Maynard proves himself a worthy mediator between Spenser's time and ours."  --Dr. Gene Edward Veith