Book I

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Book I of *The Faerie Queene* is the first installment of Edmund Spenser’s epic allegorical poem, chiefly concerned with the adventures of the Redcrosse Knight and the virtue of Holiness.

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instanceOf allegorical poem
book
poem
allegoricalTheme Christian holiness
Protestant theology
alsoKnownAs The Legend of Holiness
The Legend of the Knight of the Redcrosse
linked to: Redcrosse Knight
author Edmund Spenser
centralVirtue Holiness
containsEpisode Redcrosse Knight’s healing in the House of Holiness
Redcrosse Knight’s imprisonment by Orgoglio
the Cave of Error
the House of Pride
countryOfOrigin England
dedicatedTo Elizabeth I of England
featuresCharacter Archimago
Duessa
Error
Orgoglio
Prince Arthur
Una
firstPublicationYear 1590
genre allegory
chivalric romance
hasNumberWithinWork 1
language English
lineCountPerStanza 9
literaryForm epic poetry
literaryMovement Elizabethan literature
linked to: English Renaissance
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
mainCharacter Redcrosse Knight
meter iambic pentameter
narrativeFocus Redcrosse Knight’s moral testing
Redcrosse Knight’s spiritual journey
partOf The Faerie Queene
protagonist Redcrosse Knight
publishedIn The Faerie Queene, 1590 edition
linked to: The Faerie Queene
religiousAllegoryOf the Church of England
linked to: Church of England
rhymeScheme ababbcbcc
setting Faerie Land
stanzaForm Spenserian stanza
symbolicallyRepresents conflict between true and false religion
the journey of a Christian soul
vicePersonifiedBy Duessa
virtuePersonifiedBy Una

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The Faerie Queene hasBook Book I