edmund spenser’s ‘faery queen’
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Edmund Spenser’s ‘Faery Queen’
Ajit A KaliyaM.A. SEM 1Roll No 3
Enrollment No 2069108420170013
Batch 2016-18Department Of English,
MKBU
Edmund SpenserBorn in 1552, London, England.Educated in merchant tailor’s school.In 1579 published ‘The Shepherd’s
Calender.In 1590 brought out first three books of
his most famous work ‘The Faery Queen’.Died in 1599 at the age of forty six.Major works- The Shepherd’s Calender,
The Faery Queen, View Of The State Of Ireland, Epithalamion, Astrophel
Faery QueenIntroduction Incomplete English epic poem by Edmund Spenser.First half was published in 1590 and second half in
1596.Original plan was writing 24 books, but could
complete only six books.Spenser’s greatest and longest work.One of the longest poems in English language.Origin of verse form that come to be known as
Spenserian stanza.Allegory of Tudor Dynasty and Elizabeth one.
Spenser’s intention for writing this book
Spenser states in his letter to Raleigh that “the general end of the book is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline
Six VirtuesBook 1 - HolinessBook 2 - Temperance
Book 3 - ChastityBook 4 - FriendshipBook 5 - JusticeBook 6 - Courtesy
ThemesAllegory of virtuesReligionPoliticsArchetypesSymbolism and allusion
Poetic StructureWritten in Spenserian stanza.Nine iambic lines – the first eight of
them five footed and the ninth a hexameter.
Rhyme pattern - ABABBCBCC
LanguageLanguage is as in ‘Shepherd’s Calender’ is deliberately archaic.
Source
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