Book I
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Book I of *The Faerie Queene* is the first installment of Edmund Spenser’s epic allegorical poem, chiefly concerned with the adventures of the Redcrosse Knight and the virtue of Holiness.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Book I (The Faerie Queene) | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
allegorical poem
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book ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| allegoricalTheme |
Christian holiness
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Protestant theology ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
The Legend of Holiness
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The Legend of the Knight of the Redcrosse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralVirtue | Holiness ⓘ |
| containsEpisode |
Redcrosse Knight’s healing in the House of Holiness
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Redcrosse Knight’s imprisonment by Orgoglio ⓘ the Cave of Error NERFINISHED ⓘ the House of Pride NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Archimago
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Duessa NERFINISHED ⓘ Error ⓘ Orgoglio NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Una NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1590 ⓘ |
| genre |
allegory
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chivalric romance ⓘ |
| hasNumberWithinWork | 1 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCountPerStanza | 9 ⓘ |
| literaryForm | epic poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Elizabethan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Redcrosse Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
Redcrosse Knight’s moral testing
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Redcrosse Knight’s spiritual journey ⓘ |
| partOf | The Faerie Queene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonist | Redcrosse Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedIn | The Faerie Queene, 1590 edition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousAllegoryOf | the Church of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ababbcbcc ⓘ |
| setting | Faerie Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | Spenserian stanza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolicallyRepresents |
conflict between true and false religion
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the journey of a Christian soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vicePersonifiedBy | Duessa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| virtuePersonifiedBy | Una NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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