[PDF] The Quest Of The Red Cross Knight A Story From Spensers Faerie Queene By Mrs Fs Boas eBook

Author : A.C. Hamilton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2495 pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1134934815

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'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains Edmund Spenser remains one of Britain's most famous poets. With nearly 700 entries this Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive one-stop reference tool for: * appreciating Spenser's poetry in the context of his age and our own * understanding the language, themes and characters of the poems * easy to find entries arranged by subject.

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Page : 106 pages
File Size : 45,63 MB
Release : 2021-05-20
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ISBN : 9781932350920

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In sparkling prose, the author retells Book One of Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene for young readers. Celebrating the lost age of knights and chivalry, the story follows the young Redcrosse Knight as he faces a series of trials that will bring him to the final task laid upon him by the Fairy Queen, Gloriana. As his true guide, the Lady Una shares in the knight's sorrows and dangers as she leads him onward to his great battle: the liberation of her land from a terrible dragon. Elegant illustrations and excerpts from the original poem combine with the narrative to capture an authentic sense of Spenser's beautiful allegory, thus offering children an appealing entry point into this classic of English literature.

Author : Edmund Spenser
Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 18,14 MB
Release : 2017-07-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8826459568

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The retelling, in novella form, of the epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Queen Gloriana ruled over a magnificent land, a rich and beautiful country. In her court she had 12 chief knights. Each of her 12 chief knights was known as the Champion of some virtue. Thus Sir Guyon was the representative of Temperance, Sir Artegall of Justice, Sir Calidore of Courtesy, and others took up the cause of Friendship, Constancy, and so on. During a great feast, which lasted 12 days, a stranger in poor clothes came to the court, and, falling before the Queen, begged a favour of her. It was always the custom at these feasts that the Queen should refuse nothing that was asked, so she bade the stranger say what it was he wished. Then he besought that, if any cause arose which called for knightly aid, the adventure might be entrusted to him. When the Queen had given her promise he stood quietly on one side. Soon after this there rode into the city a fair lady on a white ass. Behind her came her servant, a dwarf, leading a warlike horse that bore the armour of a knight. The face of the lady was lovely, but it was very sorrowful. Making her way to the palace, she fell before Queen Gloriana, and implored her help. She said that her name was Una; she was the daughter of a king and queen who formerly ruled over a mighty country; but, many years ago, a huge dragon came and wasted all the land, and shut the king and queen up in a brazen castle, from which they might never come out. The Lady Una therefore besought Queen Gloriana to grant her one of her knights to fight and kill this terrible dragon. Then the stranger sprang forward, and reminded the Queen of the promise she had given. At first she was unwilling to consent, for the Knight was young. However, the Queen kept her word and consented. He was given an old suit of armour upon which was a red cross, and was quickly named the Red Cross Knight. So the stranger and Una rode forth into the world together, while a little way behind followed their faithful attendant, Prudence. And now you shall hear some of the adventures that befell the Red Cross Knight and his two companions.

Author : Richard C. Frushell
Publisher : Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,90 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Literary Criticism
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Concerned primarily with The Faerie Oueene, to which the extensive bibliog­raphy is devoted, these original essays constitute an important statement on twentieth-century Spenser studies. The eight United States and Canadianscholars who contributed to this volume reflect no particular point of view, nor espouse any single technique, approach, or subject matter. Taken together, how­ever, the essays prove to be remarkably consonant in their twentieth-century view of Spenser's capaciousness. The contribu­tors, in addition to the editors, are Rudolf B. Gottfried, A. C. Hamilton, S. K. Hen­inger, Jr., A. Kent Hieatt, Carol V. Kaske, and Foster Provost. Students of Renaissance English litera­ture will find that the volume is not only an important reference work but also an extremely useful overview of the entire range of Spenserian scholarship.