Book III
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Book III of *The Faerie Queene* is the section of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem that chiefly explores the virtue of chastity through the adventures of the knight Britomart.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book III (The Faerie Queene) | 0 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book of a poem
ⓘ
part of an epic poem ⓘ |
| associatedMonarch | Elizabeth I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfPublication | 16th century ⓘ |
| containsCantoStructure | yes ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| depicts | adventures of the knight Britomart ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
gender and virtue
ⓘ
heroic female agency ⓘ love and chastity ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Britomart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnVirtue | chastity ⓘ |
| genre |
Renaissance epic
ⓘ
allegory ⓘ |
| hasMainProtagonist | Britomart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Ariosto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Italian Renaissance epics ⓘ Tasso NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedMoralPurpose | didactic exploration of chastity ⓘ |
| language | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | allegorical epic poetry ⓘ |
| literaryInfluenceOn | later English allegorical poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Elizabethan literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | Spenserian stanza ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | exemplification of chastity through quest narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | central female knight protagonist ⓘ |
| numberOfBooksInWork | 6 ⓘ |
| originallyPublishedTogetherWith |
Book I (The Faerie Queene)
NERFINISHED
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Book II (The Faerie Queene) NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IV (The Faerie Queene) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalPublication | 1590 ⓘ |
| partOf | The Faerie Queene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInWork | third book ⓘ |
| primaryTheme | chastity ⓘ |
| setIn | Faerie Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolicFunctionOfBritomart | personification of chastity ⓘ |
| targetVirtueInSpenserPlan | chastity ⓘ |
| workType | allegorical romance ⓘ |
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