Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932350920
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
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.
The Adventures of the Redcrosse Knight
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932350920
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
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.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781932350920
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
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.
The Adventures of the Redcrosse Knight
Author: Sister Mary Charitina
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Allegories
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
The first book of Spenser's Faerie queene retold in prose. A knight, symbolizing holiness, vanquishes various forms of evil, and at the end of his quest wins the hand of Una, who symbolizes truth.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Allegories
Languages : en
Pages : 109
Book Description
The first book of Spenser's Faerie queene retold in prose. A knight, symbolizing holiness, vanquishes various forms of evil, and at the end of his quest wins the hand of Una, who symbolizes truth.
Shakespeare and Spenser
Author: J. B. Lethbridge
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847797431
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive opposites is a much-needed volume that brings together ten original papers by experts on the relations between Spenser and Shakespeare. There has been much noteworthy work on the linguistic borrowings of Shakespeare from Spenser, but the subject has never before been treated systematically, and the linguistic borrowings lead to broader-scale borrowings and influences which are treated here. An additional feature of the book is that for the first time a large bibliography of previous work is offered which will be of the greatest help to those who follow up the opportunities offered by this collection. Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive opposites presents new approaches, heralding a resurgence of interest in the relations between two of the greatest Renaissance English poets to a wider scholarly group and in a more systematic manner than before. This will be of interest to Students and academics interested in Renaissance literature.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1847797431
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive opposites is a much-needed volume that brings together ten original papers by experts on the relations between Spenser and Shakespeare. There has been much noteworthy work on the linguistic borrowings of Shakespeare from Spenser, but the subject has never before been treated systematically, and the linguistic borrowings lead to broader-scale borrowings and influences which are treated here. An additional feature of the book is that for the first time a large bibliography of previous work is offered which will be of the greatest help to those who follow up the opportunities offered by this collection. Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive opposites presents new approaches, heralding a resurgence of interest in the relations between two of the greatest Renaissance English poets to a wider scholarly group and in a more systematic manner than before. This will be of interest to Students and academics interested in Renaissance literature.
Spenser's Britomart
Author: Edmund Spenser
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Faerie Queene
Author: Edmund Spenser
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Publisher: CUP Archive
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Adventures of the Redcrosse Knight
Author: Mary Charitina
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258922016
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258922016
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.
The Faerie Queene
Author: Edmund Spenser
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1253
Book Description
The Faerie Queene is Edmund Spenser’s magnum opus, composed for Queen Elizabeth I. The epic poem is incomplete, as only six of the intended twelve books were published before his death. Despite that, it stands as one of the longest poems in the English language. During its composition, Spenser invented a new type of verse form: the Spenserian stanza. The form consists of eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a line in iambic hexameter, with the rhyme scheme ababbcbcc. He purposely included archaic language and spelling to make the work feel comparable to the Arthurian myths written during the Middle Ages. Spenser used Aristotle’s list of virtues as the foundation for his work. Each of the six books follows a different knight who symbolize a unique virtue: the Knight of the Redcross for Holiness, Guyon for Temperance, Britomartis for Chastity, Cambell and Telamond for Friendship, Artegall for Justice, and Calidore for Courtesy. Fragments of an unfinished seventh book—the “Cantos of Mutability”—would have centered on the virtue of Constancy. In a letter to Sir Walter Raleigh, Spenser reveals that King Arthur represents the virtue of Magnificence, “the perfection of all the rest.” The first book opens with the Redcross Knight on a quest ordered by Queen Gloriana to defeat a horrible dragon. Traveling with him is Lady Una and her dwarf servant, who are leading the knight to the land where the dragon dwells. A terrible storm forces the travelers to shelter in the nearest cave—and a monster’s den. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1253
Book Description
The Faerie Queene is Edmund Spenser’s magnum opus, composed for Queen Elizabeth I. The epic poem is incomplete, as only six of the intended twelve books were published before his death. Despite that, it stands as one of the longest poems in the English language. During its composition, Spenser invented a new type of verse form: the Spenserian stanza. The form consists of eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a line in iambic hexameter, with the rhyme scheme ababbcbcc. He purposely included archaic language and spelling to make the work feel comparable to the Arthurian myths written during the Middle Ages. Spenser used Aristotle’s list of virtues as the foundation for his work. Each of the six books follows a different knight who symbolize a unique virtue: the Knight of the Redcross for Holiness, Guyon for Temperance, Britomartis for Chastity, Cambell and Telamond for Friendship, Artegall for Justice, and Calidore for Courtesy. Fragments of an unfinished seventh book—the “Cantos of Mutability”—would have centered on the virtue of Constancy. In a letter to Sir Walter Raleigh, Spenser reveals that King Arthur represents the virtue of Magnificence, “the perfection of all the rest.” The first book opens with the Redcross Knight on a quest ordered by Queen Gloriana to defeat a horrible dragon. Traveling with him is Lady Una and her dwarf servant, who are leading the knight to the land where the dragon dwells. A terrible storm forces the travelers to shelter in the nearest cave—and a monster’s den. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
The Red Romance Book - Tales Of Knights, Dragons & High Adventure
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473375487
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
"The Red Romance Book: Tales of Knights, Dragons & High Adventure" is a book of tales of heroism and legend, edited by Andrew Lang. It was first published in 1905. The stories were mostly taken from various sagas and chivalric romances, including "The Story of Burnt Njal", "Orlando Furioso", "The Faerie Queene", and "Don Quixote". This wonderful collection would make for a great addition to any bookshelf, and it is not to be missed by collectors of antiquarian literature of this ilk. The stories include: "How William of Palermo was carried off by the Werewolf", "The Disenchantment of the Werwolf", "The Slaying of Hallgerda's Husbands", "The Death of Gunnar", "Njal's Burning", "The Lady of Solace", "Una and the Lion", "How the Red Cross Knight Slew the Dragon", "Amys and Amyle", "The Tale of the Cid", "The Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance", and many more. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473375487
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
"The Red Romance Book: Tales of Knights, Dragons & High Adventure" is a book of tales of heroism and legend, edited by Andrew Lang. It was first published in 1905. The stories were mostly taken from various sagas and chivalric romances, including "The Story of Burnt Njal", "Orlando Furioso", "The Faerie Queene", and "Don Quixote". This wonderful collection would make for a great addition to any bookshelf, and it is not to be missed by collectors of antiquarian literature of this ilk. The stories include: "How William of Palermo was carried off by the Werewolf", "The Disenchantment of the Werwolf", "The Slaying of Hallgerda's Husbands", "The Death of Gunnar", "Njal's Burning", "The Lady of Solace", "Una and the Lion", "How the Red Cross Knight Slew the Dragon", "Amys and Amyle", "The Tale of the Cid", "The Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance", and many more. Many vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now, in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.
Saint George and the Dragon
Author: Margaret Hodges
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780780703131
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780780703131
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Retells the segment from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, in which George, the Red Cross Knight, slays the dreadful dragon that has been terrorizing the countryside for years and brings peace and joy to the land.
The Spenser Encyclopedia
Author: A.C. Hamilton
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134934823
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
'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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134934823
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 858
Book Description
'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.