Book II

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Book II is the second book of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem *The Faerie Queene*, chiefly concerned with the virtue of Temperance as exemplified by the knight Sir Guyon.

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instanceOf book
part of epic poem
author Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED
centralVirtue Temperance NERFINISHED
containsCharacter Acrasia NERFINISHED
Palmer NERFINISHED
containsEpisode Bower of Bliss NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England
featuresCharacter Sir Guyon NERFINISHED
follows Book I (The Faerie Queene) NERFINISHED
genre Renaissance literature
epic poetry
hasTheme moderation
moral virtue
self-control
language English
literaryForm allegorical poem
literaryMovement English Renaissance NERFINISHED
literaryTechnique extended allegory
personification of virtues and vices
mainProtagonist Sir Guyon NERFINISHED
meter Spenserian stanza NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction allegorical representation of Temperance
originalPublication 1590
late 16th century
partOf The Faerie Queene NERFINISHED
period Elizabethan era NERFINISHED
positionInSeries 2
publisher William Ponsonby NERFINISHED
setIn Faerie Land NERFINISHED

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The Faerie Queene hasBook Book II