Project Gutenberg 2005-03-07 Public domain in the USA. 8956 Spenser, Edmund 1551 1599 Spencer, Edmund Immerito Spenser, Edmond Wauchope, George Armstrong 1862 1943 Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by Charles Franks, Keith Edkins, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I" by Edmund Spenser is a romantic epic poem written during the late 16th century. The narrative revolves around the adventures of the Redcrosse Knight, a character emblematic of holiness, who embarks on a quest to defeat the monstrous Errour and achieve greater virtues. As Spenser's work is deeply allegorical, it intertwines themes of chivalry, morality, and the often perilous journey of self-discovery against the backdrop of a richly imagined fairyland populated by knights, ladies, and mythical creatures." "The opening of the poem introduces a 'gentle knight,' enrobed in arms and bearing a bloody cross, representing the theme of holiness and the Christian struggle against evil. He is accompanied by a lovely lady and a dwarf, embarking on a quest commissioned by Gloriana, the Queen of Faerie. The knight's first challenge comes when he encounters the vile creature Errour in a darkened wilderness, leading to a fierce battle that unfolds with vivid imagery and allegorical depth. From the very beginning, readers are drawn into a world of chivalric ideals and moral exploration, setting the stage for an epic that explores the nature of virtue and the challenges faced in the pursuit of higher ideals." (This is an automatically generated summary.) en English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 Knights and knighthood -- Poetry Virtues -- Poetry PR Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Poetry 868956 868312 2024-10-07T04:48:32.981016 2023-09-07T06:40:01.437068 text/html text/html 851436 2020-12-14T06:52:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 237482 2020-12-14T06:52:15 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 338024 2024-10-07T04:49:00.471862 application/epub+zip 354172 2024-10-07T04:48:38.833982 application/epub+zip 330893 2024-10-07T04:48:36.281023 application/epub+zip 842665 2024-10-07T04:49:10.488849 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1455005 2024-10-07T04:48:58.516928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1418892 2022-09-07T20:52:24.102518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 505889 505797 2024-10-07T04:48:27.171066 2023-09-07T06:39:56.159981 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 505092 2020-12-14T06:52:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 192124 2020-12-14T06:52:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 505907 2020-12-14T06:52:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 192169 2020-12-14T06:52:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22339 2024-10-07T04:49:10.676816 application/rdf+xml 19953 2024-10-07T04:48:37.088991 image/jpeg 4498 2024-10-07T04:48:36.688000 image/jpeg 327367 2024-10-07T04:48:33.041009 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia