A Literal Reading of SpenserÕs Book of HolinesseSpenser's Book of Holinesse is frequently cited by scholars as holding the key to all else that happens in The Faerie Queene, but no one has ever been able to exactly define what is going on in that book. William Heise believes this is because Spenser was writing for a Reformation audience whose ideals have been replaced in the modern day by the Enlightenments more scientific approach to experience. This causes modern critics to translate Spensers