The Faerie Queene, Book I is Edmund Spenser's allegorical romantic epic in Spenserian stanzas. It follows the Redcrosse Knight and Lady Una through trials that figure the quest for holiness and true faith. Listeners value its vivid adventure, moral allegory, and rich Elizabethan poetry.
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SPENSER'S THE FAERIE QUEENE BOOK I EDITED WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY GEORGE ARMSTRONG WAUCHOPE, M.A., Ph.D. PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE Velut inter ignes luna minores New York The MacMillan Company London: MacMillan & CO., LTD. Set up and electrotyped. Published September, 1903 1921 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: I. The Age which produced the Faerie Queene
II. The Author of the Faerie Queene
III. Study of the Faerie Queene:
1. A Romantic Epic
2. Influence of the New Learning
3. Interpretation of the Allegory
4. The Spenserian Stanza
5. Versification
6. Diction and Style
IV. Chronological Table of Events
THE FAERIE QUEENE. BOOK I:
Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh
Sonnet to Sir Walter Raleigh
Dedication to Queen Elizabeth
Canto I
Canto II
Canto III
Canto IV
Canto V
Canto VI
Canto VII
Canto VIII
Canto IX
Canto X
Canto XI
Canto XII
NOTES
GLOSSARY
INTRODUCTION
I. THE AGE WHICH PRODUCED THE FAERIE QUEENE
The study of the Faerie Queene should be preceded by a review of the great age in which it was written. An intimate relation exists between
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