The Faerie Queene, Book One

by Edmund Spenser

Carol Kaske (Editor) and Abraham Stoll (Editor)

Framed in Spenser's distinctive, opulent stanza and in some of the trappings of epic, Book One of Spenser's The Faerie Queene consists of a chivalric romance that has been made to a typical recipe--fierce warres and faithfull loves--but that has been Christianized in both overt and subtle ways. The physical and moral wanderings of the Redcrosse Knight dramatize his effort to find the proper proportion of human to divine contributions to salvation--a key issue between Protestants and Catholics. Fantastic elements like alien humans, humanoids, and monsters and their respective dwelling places are vividly described.

• ISBN13: 9780872208070
• Publish Date: 15 March 2006
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 256
• Language: English

Reviews

[Linda]

This is actually a great story, even with all the morality and religious undertones, it is really well written, and I am really happy I had to read this for class. Will definitely check out more of the Fairie Quene later!

The style is amazing, how can someone write a long story in poem form, with the stanzas always the same, with both end-rhyme and alliteration? And it is also really good to see where some inspiration for contemporary books must have come from.