THE FAERIE QUEENE Author – Edmund Spenser First Published – 1590 Genre – Allegorical Epic Poem based on the legend of King Arthur and his knights. King Arthur symbolized the virtue of Magnificence. Book I – Holiness, Book II – Temperance, etc. Setting – a mythical faerieland Protagonist – the Redcrosse Knight, representing Holiness… Continue reading Mythic Monday: Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene