What Is the Function of Allegory in Poetry? (with pictures)

The Faerie Queene, one of the great long poems in the English language, written in the 16th century by Edmund Spenser.As originally conceived, the poem was to have been a religious-moral-political allegory in 12 books, each consisting of the adventures of a knight representing a particular moral virtue; Book I, for example, recounts the legend of the Red Cross Knight, or Holiness.. The Project Gutenberg eBook, Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book 1, Edited by George Armstrong Wauchope. Renascence Edition, based on The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser (Grosart, London, 1882), eBook prepared by Risa S. Bear (1993-96). Text is in public domain.


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From Spenser's Faerie Queene vol. 2 Walter Crane (18451915) Vintage illustration art

From Spenser's Faerie Queene vol. 2 Walter Crane (18451915) Vintage illustration art


Edmund Spenser [illus. Walter Crane] Spenser's Faerie Queene Allen, 1897, First Thus.

Edmund Spenser [illus. Walter Crane] Spenser's Faerie Queene Allen, 1897, First Thus.


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Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene (1615) Early Modern Female Book Ownership


Edmund Spenser's the Faerie Queene A Reading Guide by Andrew Zurcher (English)

Edmund Spenser's the Faerie Queene A Reading Guide by Andrew Zurcher (English)


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Illustration for Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queen Walter crane, Faeries, Black and white drawing


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The Faerie Queene by Spenser, Edmund Very Good Full Calf (1751) First Thus. Temple Rare Books


Listen to The Faerie Queene Audiobook by Edmund Spenser

Listen to The Faerie Queene Audiobook by Edmund Spenser


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Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene Walter Crane, Shakespeare, Faeries, Renaissance, City Photo


What Is the Function of Allegory in Poetry? (with pictures)

What Is the Function of Allegory in Poetry? (with pictures)


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Moored at Sea Why I Haven't Read "The Faerie Queene" by Edmund Spenser


Edmund Spenser. 'Spenser’s Faerie Queene. A poem in six books'. Pictured by Walter Crane. London

Edmund Spenser. 'Spenser’s Faerie Queene. A poem in six books'. Pictured by Walter Crane. London


Edmund Spenser. 'Spenser’s Faerie Queene. A poem in six books'. Pictured by Walter Crane. London

Edmund Spenser. 'Spenser’s Faerie Queene. A poem in six books'. Pictured by Walter Crane. London


The Faerie Queene Audiobook, written by Edmund Spenser

The Faerie Queene Audiobook, written by Edmund Spenser


Edmund Spenser. English poet and author of 'The Faerie Queene' which was put to music by Henry

Edmund Spenser. English poet and author of 'The Faerie Queene' which was put to music by Henry


Explore 'The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, 1590', on the British Library's website. Faery

Explore 'The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, 1590', on the British Library's website. Faery


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The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser. English Idylls Faeries, Faery queen, Vintage book covers


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Images from Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene by D K Rodham Blurb Books


Edmund Spenser [illus. Walter Crane] Spenser's Faerie Queene Allen, 1897, First Thus.

Edmund Spenser [illus. Walter Crane] Spenser's Faerie Queene Allen, 1897, First Thus.

In The Faerie Queene, Spenser creates an allegory: The characters of his far-off, fanciful "Faerie Land" are meant to have a symbolic meaning in the real world.In Books I and III, the poet follows the journeys of two knights, Redcrosse and Britomart, and in doing so he examines the two virtues he considers most important to Christian life--Holiness and Chastity.. THE FAERIE QVEENE. Disposed into twelue bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall vertues LONDON Printed for William Ponsonbie. 1596. A Note on the Renascence Editions text: This HTML etext of The Faerie Queene was prepared from The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser [Grosart, London, 1882] in 1993-96 by R.S. Bear at the University of.