@article{oai:nagoya.repo.nii.ac.jp:00028159,
 author = {Chen, Lu},
 journal = {IVY},
 month = {Nov},
 note = {In Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590, 1596), the chivalric knights are often fascinated by wondrous visions that cause them to lose themselves. Their amazement frequently leads to either unexpected downfalls or digressions from their heroic journeys, resulting in misfortunes. In Book 6, Sir Calidore is amazed at the beauty of the shepherdess Pastorella and intends to put aside his heroic life to live in the pastoral world. This paper examines how Sir Calidore views and wonders at what he sees in Book 6. I argue that Calidore's behavior positions the pastoral world as a cultural other, while the world is in essence an Eden beyond his reach. Referring to Stephen Greenblatt's argument about the wonder of the New World, I explore the relation between Calidore's wondering and the problem of occupation. In contrast to Greenblatt's process of wondering and claiming possession, Calidore's wondering stops before possessiveness. The procedure of witnessing and wondering not only provides a tool for the knights to encounter and perceive the world, but also let us obtain a better understanding of the relationship between the pastoral and the secular worlds in Book 6 of The Faerie Queene. This paper's main contents are divided into two parts. The first part examines in detail Calidore's seeing and wondering, referencing Fogarty's discussion of "anatomising scrutiny." The second part examines and interprets the problem of possession that derives from such seeing and wondering. I primarily focus on Calidore's attitude and approach towards the pastoral world. Calidore's failure in the pastoral world is an ironic reflection of the poet's inability to reach the ideal of antiquity, according to the hints in the Proem of Book 6. Calidore's return from his retreat is also a positive affirmation of the Elizabethan court as a place where such an ideal is attained. Simultaneously, Calidore's experience further proves the knights' incertitude and instability when witnessing wondrous visions. In the crises resulting from their visions, the knights experience the pitfalls and digressions necessary to complete their final achievements., This paper is an expanded and revised version of the paper read at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Society of English Literature and Linguistics of Nagoya University, in April 2016.},
 pages = {1--19},
 title = {Approaching the Shepherds' World : Witnessing and Wondering in Book 6 of The Faerie Queene},
 volume = {49},
 year = {2016}
}