The Faerie Queene

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The Faerie Queene is an epic allegorical poem by Edmund Spenser that celebrates Queen Elizabeth I and explores moral and religious themes through the adventures of chivalric knights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English Renaissance literature work
allegorical poem
epic poem
allegoricallyRepresents Elizabeth I of England
surface form: Queen Elizabeth I as Gloriana
author Edmund Spenser
centralTheme Protestant ethics
chivalry
moral virtue
political allegory
religious allegory
completedNumberOfBooks 6
countryOfOrigin England
dedicatedTo Elizabeth I of England
surface form: Queen Elizabeth I
featuresCharacter Acrasia
Archimago
Artegall
Belphoebe
Blatant Beast
Britomart
Calidore
Duessa
Florimell
Gloriana
Guyon
The Proud
surface form: Orgoglio

Redcrosse Knight
Satyrane
Talus
Una
finalLineMeter alexandrine
firstPublicationDate 1590
genre allegory
chivalric romance
epic poetry
hasBook Book I
Book II
Book III
Book IV
Book V
Book VI
hasMoralFocusInBookI Holiness
hasMoralFocusInBookII Temperance
hasMoralFocusInBookIII Chastity
hasMoralFocusInBookIV Friendship
hasMoralFocusInBookV Justice
hasMoralFocusInBookVI Courtesy
influenced John Milton
Romantic poets
influencedBy Italian Renaissance epics
Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso
Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata
language English
lineCountPerStanza 9
literaryForm narrative poem
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
surface form: Elizabethan era
meter Spenserian stanza
plannedNumberOfBooks 12
publisherOfFirstEdition William Ponsonby
rhymeScheme ababbcbcc
secondPartPublicationDate 1596
setIn Faerie Land

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English Renaissance hasNotableWork The Faerie Queene
Spenserian stanza usedInWork The Faerie Queene
Spenserian stanza firstMajorUse The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser knownFor The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser work The Faerie Queene
Reynard influencedWork The Faerie Queene
this entity surface form: Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (fox episodes)