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"The Faerie Queene" was the first epic in English and one of the most influential poems in the language for later poets from Milton to Tennyson. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united medieval romance and renaissance epic to expound the glory of the Virgin Queen. The... read more
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- Guyon: Add a description of this character.
- Ladie
- Knight
- Artegall
- Calidore
- Palmer
- Satyrane
- Canto Viii
- Canto Xii
- Duessa
- Carle
- Downe
- Vpon
- Beare
- Triamond
- Paridell
- Deare
- Cymochles
- Said
- Diana
- Palfrey
- Cambell
- Cynthia
- Porter
- Squire
- Blandamour
- Prince Arthur
- Padden
- Radigund
- Himselfe
- Alcides
- Pastore
- Citie
- Drew
- Scudamour
- Nourse
- Pyrochles
- Tristram
- Claribell
- Certes
- Durst
- Damzell
- Syre
- Venus
- Paynim
- Calepine
- Strooke
- Merlin
- Doe
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“"Be bold; but not too bold."”
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A loathly, wrinckled hag, ill fauoured, old, Whose secret filth good manners biddeth not be told.
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But wise Speranza gaue him comfort sweet, And taught him how to take assured hold Vpon her siluer anchor,
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For she was able, with her words to kill, And raise againe to life the hart, that she did thrill.
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O F all Gods workes, which do this world adorne, There is no one more faire and excellent, Then is mans body both for powre and forme, Whiles it is kept in sober gouernment; But none then it, more fowle and indecent,
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Lo I the man, whose Muse whilome did maske, As time her taught in lowly Shepheards weeds, Am now enforst a far vnfitter taske, For trumpets sterne to chaunge mine Oaten reeds, And sing of Knights and Ladies gende deeds; Whose prayses hauing slept in silence long, Me, all too meane, the sacred Muse areeds To blazon broad emongst her learned throng: Fierce warres and faithfull loues shall moralize my song.
Table of Contents edit
A Note on the Text
Table of Dates
Further Reading
A Letter of the Authors
Commendatory Verses
Dedicatory Sonnets
THE FAERIE QUEENE
Book I The Legend of the Knight of the Red Crosse, or of Holinesse
Book II The Legend of Sir Guyon, or of Temperaunce
Book III The Legend of Britomartis, or of Chastity
Book IV The Legend of Cambel and Telemond, or of Friendship
Book V The Legend of Artegall, or of Iustice
Book VI The Legend of Calidore, or of Courtesie
Two Cantos of Mutabilitie
Textual Appendix
Notes
Common Words
Series & Lists edit
This book is in LMU Anglistik Syllabus. (authoritative list)
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Edmund Spenser (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Douglas Hill
- Thomas P. Roche (Editor)
- C Patrick O'Donnell Jr - "with the assistance of"
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: England
Publication Date: 1596
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 1055
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: England
Publication Date: 1596
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 1055
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- Dewey: 821.3
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