The Faerie Queene facts for kids

Edmund Spenser

The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. The poem was first published in 1590. A longer version of the poem was published in 1596. This version of the poem is in six parts or books.

The Fairie Queene is about different knights who fight against evil. It is an allegorical work, and each book of the poem is about a different virtue. The poem also praises Queen Elizabeth I of England and her family, the Tudors. Queen Elizabeth liked the poem so much that she gave Spenser a pension as a reward.

Images for kids

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  Holiness defeats Error: an illustration from Book I, Part l of an 1895–1897 edition

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  Florimell's Flight by Washington Allston

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  Prince Arthur, the Redcrosse Knight, and Una, illustrated by William Kent, 1751

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  Una and the Lion by Briton Rivière (1840–1920).

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  The dedicatory page of the 1590 edition of Spenser's Faerie Queene, reading: "To the most mightie and magnificent Empresse Elizabeth, by the grace of god, Queene of England, France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c."

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