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 ⓘ