1. Faerie Queene
When Edmund Spenser wrote his romantic epic The Faerie Queene, he intended for it to be an allegory. ... In a letter to Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser wrote, "Sir knowing how doubtfully all Allegories may be construed, and this booke of mine, which I have entituled the Faery Queene, being a continued Allegory, or dark conceit..." (514). ... "Each book of The Faerie Queene has as its centre a hero or heroine whose task is to learn a particular virtue by facing, falling before but ultimately discovering how to master, the specific vices which beset it" (Evans 143). ... Body Section...
- Word Count: 433
- Approx Pages: 2
- Grade Level: High School