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The Faerie Queene

by Edmund Spenser

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‘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 Du...

First published 1590 1252 pages
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Poetry
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DDC 821.31 LCC PR-2350.00000000 1611 British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author)Cs.engls.literEarly modernEnglishEnglish Epic poetryEnglish poetryEnglish, Irish, Scottish, WelshEpic poetry
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