Book V
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Book V is a section of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem "The Faerie Queene" that focuses on the virtue of justice, chiefly embodied by the knight Artegall.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Book V (The Faerie Queene) | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book of a poem
ⓘ
section of a poem ⓘ |
| allegoricallyRepresents |
Elizabethan justice
ⓘ
Tudor statecraft ⓘ |
| associatedWithMonarch | Elizabeth I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookNumber | 5 ⓘ |
| centralKnight | Artegall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Arthur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grantorto NERFINISHED ⓘ Irena NERFINISHED ⓘ Radigund NERFINISHED ⓘ Talus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsEpisode |
Artegall’s defeat and subjugation by Radigund
ⓘ
Artegall’s encounter with the giant with the scales ⓘ Talus’s enforcement of Artegall’s judgments ⓘ liberation of Irena’s kingdom ⓘ trial of Duessa ⓘ |
| depictsVirtueOf | justice ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Artegall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCompanionOfArtegall | Talus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresProtagonist | Artegall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublication | 1596 ⓘ |
| focusesOnVirtue | justice ⓘ |
| follows | Book IV (The Faerie Queene) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Renaissance epic
ⓘ
allegory ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReceptionAs | controversial for its depiction of justice and violence ⓘ |
| hasInterpretation | commentary on contemporary legal and political issues in late 16th-century England ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
colonialism
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equity ⓘ justice ⓘ political allegory ⓘ tyranny ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | allegorical epic poetry ⓘ |
| meter | Spenserian stanza NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | The Faerie Queene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Book VI (The Faerie Queene) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publishedIn | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | Faerie Land NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
English literature
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Renaissance studies ⓘ postcolonial studies ⓘ |
| virtuePersonifiedBy | Artegall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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