bookshelves: adventure, classic, britain-england, fantasy, fraudio, philosophy, play-dramatisation, poetry, tudor, published-1590 Read in October, 2009 ** spoiler alert ** Philip Palmer's inventive dramatisation of Books I and II of Edmund Spenser's towering Elizabethan epic poem.Fast, funny and...
This is probably one of the hardest books (well epic verse poems) I have ever read, but it is one of my favorites! I had to read this book in my English literature class, and I ended up writing my final essay on the Red Crossed Knight. I absolutely adored the language in this book, and even though t...
I've always secretly thought you can like Spenser or Milton, but no both. So I guess that makes me Team Spenser. This is honestly a ridiculous book - monsters vomiting Catholic frogs, fountains full of desporting naked boys, more lovingly described breasts than erotica written, by a 14 year old bo...
When it comes to sheer reading pleasure, it is almost impossible to beat "The Faerie Queene". It has nearly everything that a reader could desire; action, romance, deep philosophical and theological meaning, allegory, pitched battles on fields of honor, blood, swords, spears...everything that makes...
This is the beginning of all the cool books that are being published today IMO. There are fairies, morality lessons, bad characters pretending to be good, a quest, love - it has it all!
Am reading books 1 and 2 for summer book club. To get into the swing of reading this classic epic, I am beginning book 1 by reading Roy Maynard's book "Fierce Wars and Faithful Loves". So far, it is exciting! Adventure! True Love! Deceit! Betrayal! Battles! Victory! Defeats! Monsters! Hero...
Philip Palmer's inventive dramatisation of Books I and II of Edmund Spenser's towering Elizabethan epic poem.Fast, funny and furious yarn-telling mixes with moments of vivid poetry.The blurb The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language. Dedicating his work to Eliza...
Quite an experience. Though some may pass this over in order to read Paradise Lost, which is the definitive english-language epic, The Faerie Queene has its moments. Intricate & clever, should be required reading.
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