The faerie queene
by Edmund Spenser
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The Faerie Queene is an incomplete English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. The first half was published in 1590, and a second installment was published in 1596. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: it was the first work written in Spenserian stanza and is one of the longest poems in the English language. It is an allegorical work, written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I. Largely symbolic, the poem follows several knights tales in an examination of several virtues. The most controversial element of this book is it's attitude to Ireland. Spenser's point of view is rather extreme version of the Elizabethan perception of Ireland and is almost a prophesy for the atrocities visited on Ireland in the next century.
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Poetry, Knights and knighthood, Virtues, English Epic poetry, Accessible book, IrelandShowing 10 featured editions. View all 135 editions?
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The Faerie Queene: Book Six and the Mutabilitie Cantos
September 7, 2007, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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The faerie queene
2006, Hackett Pub. Co., Hackett Publishing Company
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The Faerie queene.: New ed., with notes critical and explanatory
1758, Printed by W. Faden
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The faerie queene: with an exact collation of the two original editions, published by himself at London in quarto; the former containing the first three books printed in 1590, and the latter the six books in 1596.
1751, Printed for J. Brindley and S. Wright
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The faerie queene: disposed into XII bookes, fashioning twelue morall vertues.
1609, Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes
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