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The Faerie Queene is a scholarly masterpiece that has influenced, inspired, and challenged generations of writers, readers and scholars since its completion in 1596. Hamilton's edition is itself, a masterpiece of scholarship and close reading. It is now the standard edition... Read Full Overview

'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... Read Full Overview

This remarkable poem, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, was Spenser's finest achievement. The first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry. At the same time,... Read Full Overview

The Faerie Queene was first published in 1590. It is one of the longest poems in the English language and is separated into 6 books.

Book 1 focuses on the virtue of holiness as embodied in the Redcrosse Knight. The Redcrosse Knight must fight off monsters,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview

Edmund Spenser was an English Renaissance poet acclaimed as one of the greatest writers in the language, and The Faerie Queene, an allegorical epic poem, is his magnum opus. It is also one of the longest poems ever written in English.

"The general end, therefore, of all The Faerie Queene], is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline: which for that I conceived should be most plausible and pleasing, being coloured with an historical fiction, the which the most part... Read Full Overview