ENGL 2100Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: The Faerie Queene, Cyropaedia, Classical Republicanism
23 Feb 2016
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Spenser"s faerie queene, book 1 cantos 1-4. A letter of the author"s expounding his whole intention in the course of this work . The generall end therefore of all the booke is to fashion a gentleman or noble person in virtuous and gentle discipline . Means by ensample rather than doctrine or rule . In the dream or vision he is searching for the faery queen. The highest end of the mistresse knowledge by the greeks called architectonike. In the letter to raleigh, spenser"s explanation of his plan for the epic is focused figure of prince arthur. Each book with its own knight and story representing a single virtue an aspect of arthur"s magnificence. Arthur"s quest for the faerie queene is to be completed in book 12 with the marriage of arthur to the faerie queene. Arthur plays a minor role in the faerie queene. Each book has its own knight, with his or her own story and struggle.
