Concentrating on major figures of women in The Faerie Queene, together
with the figures constellated around them, Anderson's Narrative
Figuration explores the contribution of Spenser's epic romance to an
appreciation of women's plights and possibilities in the age of
Elizabeth. Taken together, their stories have a meaningful tale to tell
about the function of narrative, which proves central to figuration in
the still moving, metamorphic poem that Spenser created.