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The faerie queene Edmund Spenser ; edited by Thomas P. Roche, Jr., with the assistance of C. Patrick O'Donnell, Jr. - Harmondsworth New York Penguin Books 1987. - 1246 p. 20 cm. - Penguin English poets Penguin classics .

Includes ' ... the "Mutabilitie Cantos" ... the folio of 1609 ... the letters to Raleigh, the "Commendatory Verses", the "Dedicatory Sonnets" and the original ending of Book Three ... from the 1590 edition' -- note.

Combines medieval romance and renaissance epic to expound the glory of the Virgin Queen. This title recounts the quests of knights including Sir Guyon, Knight of Constance, who resists temptation, and Artegall, Knight of Justice, whose story alludes to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.

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9780140422078

9780140422078

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Knights and knighthood--Poetry
Virtues--Poetry

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