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The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

The Faerie Queene

By Edmund Spenser
Edited by Thomas P. Roche and C. Patrick O’Donnell

By Edmund Spenser
Edited by Thomas P. Roche and C. Patrick O’Donnell

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Category: Poetry | Classics

Paperback $22.00

Jan 25, 1979 | ISBN 9780140422078

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
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About The Faerie Queene

‘Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light
Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine’

 

The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united Arthurian romance and Italian renaissance epic to celebrate the glory of the Virgin Queen. Each book of the poem recounts the quest of a knight to achieve a virtue: the Red Crosse Knight of Holinesse, who must slay a dragon and free himself from the witch Duessa; Sir Guyon, Knight of Temperance, who escapes the Cave of Mammon and destroys Acrasia’s Bowre of Bliss; and the lady-knight Britomart’s search for her Sir Artegall, revealed to her in an enchanted mirror. Although composed as a moral and political allegory, The Faerie Queene’s magical atmosphere captivated the imaginations of later poets from Milton to the Victorians.

This edition includes the letter to Raleigh, in which Spenser declares his intentions for his poem, the commendatory verses by Spenser’s contemporaries and his dedicatory sonnets to the Elizabethan court, and is supplemented by a table of dates and a glossary

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

About Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser was born in London, probably in 1552, and was educated at the Merchant Taylor’s School from which he proceeded to Pembroke College, Cambridge. There he met Gabriel Harvey, scholar and University Orator, who exerted an influence on his… More about Edmund Spenser

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Category: Poetry | Classics

Paperback | $22.00
Published by Penguin Classics
Jan 25, 1979 | 1248 Pages | ISBN 9780140422078

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Table Of Contents

The Faerie QueeneA Note on the Text
Table of Dates
Further Reading
A Letter of the Authors
Commendatory Verses
Dedicatory Sonnets

Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
Two Cantos of Mutabilitie

Textual Appendix
Notes
Common Words

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