Book V

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Book V is a section of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem "The Faerie Queene" that focuses on the virtue of justice, chiefly embodied by the knight Artegall.

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Book V canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book of a poem ⓘ
section of a poem ⓘ
allegoricallyRepresents Elizabethan justice ⓘ
Tudor statecraft ⓘ
associatedWithMonarch Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
author Edmund Spenser ⓘ
bookNumber 5 ⓘ
centralKnight Artegall ⓘ
containsCharacter Arthur ⓘ
Grantorto ⓘ
Irena ⓘ
Radigund ⓘ
linked to: Radegonde

Talus ⓘ
containsEpisode Artegall’s defeat and subjugation by Radigund ⓘ
Artegall’s encounter with the giant with the scales ⓘ
Talus’s enforcement of Artegall’s judgments ⓘ
liberation of Irena’s kingdom ⓘ
trial of Duessa ⓘ
depictsVirtueOf justice ⓘ
featuresCharacter Artegall ⓘ
featuresCompanionOfArtegall Talus ⓘ
featuresProtagonist Artegall ⓘ
firstPublication 1596 ⓘ
focusesOnVirtue justice ⓘ
follows Book IV (The Faerie Queene) ⓘ
linked to: The Faerie Queene
genre Renaissance epic ⓘ
allegory ⓘ
hasCriticalReceptionAs controversial for its depiction of justice and violence ⓘ
hasInterpretation commentary on contemporary legal and political issues in late 16th-century England ⓘ
hasTheme colonialism ⓘ
equity ⓘ
justice ⓘ
political allegory ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm allegorical epic poetry ⓘ
meter Spenserian stanza ⓘ
partOf The Faerie Queene ⓘ
precedes Book VI (The Faerie Queene) ⓘ
linked to: The Faerie Queene
publishedIn England ⓘ
setIn Faerie Land ⓘ
studiedInField English literature ⓘ
Renaissance studies ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
virtuePersonifiedBy Artegall ⓘ

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The Faerie Queene → hasBook → Book V ⓘ