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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book II (The Faerie Queene) | 0 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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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