Book III

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Book III of *The Faerie Queene* is the section of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem that chiefly explores the virtue of chastity through the adventures of the knight Britomart.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book of a poem
part of an epic poem
associatedMonarch Elizabeth I
author Edmund Spenser
centuryOfPublication 16th century
containsCantoStructure yes
countryOfOrigin England
depicts adventures of the knight Britomart
exploresTheme gender and virtue
heroic female agency
love and chastity
featuresCharacter Britomart
focusesOnVirtue chastity
genre Renaissance epic
allegory
hasMainProtagonist Britomart
influencedBy Ariosto
linked to: Ludovico Ariosto

Italian Renaissance epics
Tasso
intendedMoralPurpose didactic exploration of chastity
language Early Modern English
literaryForm allegorical epic poetry
literaryInfluenceOn later English allegorical poetry
literaryMovement Elizabethan literature
linked to: English Renaissance
literaryPeriod English Renaissance
meter Spenserian stanza
narrativeFunction exemplification of chastity through quest narrative
narrativeMode third-person narration
notableFor central female knight protagonist
numberOfBooksInWork 6
originallyPublishedTogetherWith Book I (The Faerie Queene)
linked to: The Faerie Queene

Book II (The Faerie Queene)
linked to: The Faerie Queene

Book IV (The Faerie Queene)
linked to: The Faerie Queene
originalPublication 1590
partOf The Faerie Queene
positionInWork third book
primaryTheme chastity
setIn Faerie Land
symbolicFunctionOfBritomart personification of chastity
targetVirtueInSpenserPlan chastity
workType allegorical romance

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The Faerie Queene hasBook Book III