The Faerie Queene
Book I

Originally published in 1915 as part of the Pitt Press Series, this book contains the text of the first book of Spenser's Faerie Queene.

Edmund Spenser (Author), Lilian Winstanley (Edited by)

9781107696754, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 December 2013

374 pages
19.8 x 12.9 x 2 cm, 0.37 kg

Originally published in 1915 as part of the Pitt Press Series, and reprinted many times thereafter, this book contains the text of the first book of Spenser's Faerie Queene. Winstanley prefaces the text with an introduction on the medieval, classical and renaissance sources for the poem, as well as the book's historical allegory. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in this important English poem.

Introduction: 1. Table of dates
2. Historical allegory of book I
3. Sources of book I
The Faerie Queene. Book I
Notes.

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]