1. The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser

2. The Faerie Queene  Booke I: The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse, or of Holinesse  Booke II: The Legend of Sir Guyon, or of Temperance  Booke III: The Legend of Britomartis, of of Chastitie  Book IV: The Legend of Cambel and Telamond, of of Friendship  Book V: The Legend of Artegall, or of Justice  Booke VI: The Legend of St. Calidore, or of Courtesie  Booke VII: Two Cantos of Mutabilitie

3. Genres of The Faerie Queene  Epic  Influenced by Virgilian tradition  Mirrors contemporary European poets: Ariosto, Tasso, Camoens  Influenced:  John Milton, Paradise Lost  William Blake, Jerusalem  Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King  Chivalric Romance  Allegory  Religious  Historical  Courtesy Book  The moral formation of the ideal Protestant Gentleman  Propaganda  Protestant vs. Roman Catholic  Fantasy  Influenced J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis  Games of Illusion and Delusion – watch disguises !

4. The Spenserian Stanza  The Spenserian stanza is a fixed verse form.  Each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'Alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter.  The rhyme scheme of these lines is " ababbcbcc."

5. Booke I The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse, or of Holinesse

6. Sir Guyon and the Palmer by Thomas Danby Booke II The Legend of Sir Guyon, or of Temperance

7. Britomart Unarming by Frederick Richard Pickersgill Booke III The Legend of Britomartis, of of Chastitie

8. Cambel and Telamond (Triamond) battle Sir Satyrane Booke IV The Legend of Cambel and Telamond, of Friendship

9. Booke V The Legend of Artegall, or of Justice Sir Artegall slaying the monster Chrysaor

10. Sir Calidore overthrows the Blatant Beast by Frank C. Papé Booke VI The Legend of St. Calidore, or of Courtesie

11. Prince Arthur and the Faerie Queen by Johann Heinrich Füseli

12. Booke VII: Two Cantos of Mutabilitie

13. Booke I The Legende of the Knight of the Red Crosse, or of Holinesse

14. CLEOPOLIS Court of the Faerie Queene Gloriana Una Truth Dwarf Prudence Red Crosse Knight Holiness (St. George) Error Hermit Archimago Hypocrisy Sans Foy Without Faith Fidessa/ Duessa Abessa Superstition Corceca Blindness Kirkrapine Churchthief Archimago disguised as RC Fradubio Sans Loy Without Loyalty HOUSE OF PRIDE Lucifera & 7 Deadly Sins Sans Joy Without Joy Kingdom of Darkness Night HADES: Aesculapius Sir Satyrane Orgoglio Pride DUNGEON Dwarf Prince Arthur

15. Cave of Despaire

16. House of Hope Dame Caelia Heavenly Fidelia Faith Speranza Hope Charissa Charity Holy Hospitall Hermitage Contemplation Fidelia and Speranza by Benjamin West

17. Vision of the “New Jerusalem”

18. St. George of England

19. Una and the Red Cross Knight by George Frederic Watts

20. Return to Una’s Kingdom of Eden

21. The Slaying of the Dragon 3 Day Battle After 1 st day: revived by Well of Life After 2 nd day: revived by Tree of Life 3 rd day: slays the Dragon with thrust into his fiery mouth

22. Betrothal of Una and Red Crosse – threatened by Archimago

23. Return to the Faery Court

24. Portrait of Isabella Saltonstall as Una, by George Stubbs Una Truth

25. Una and the Lion by Britton Riviere

26. Duessa visits Night to beg the life of Sans Joy by Frank C. Papé

27. The Faerie Queene by William Blake