CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION:

I. [The Age which produced the Faerie Queene]

II. [The Author of the Faerie Queene]

III. Study of the Faerie Queene:

1. [A Romantic Epic]

2. [Influence of the New Learning]

3. [Interpretation of the Allegory]

4. [The Spenserian Stanza]

5. [Versification]

6. [Diction and Style]

IV. [Chronological Table of Events]

THE FAERIE QUEENE. BOOK I:

[Letter to Sir Walter Raleigh]

[Sonnet to Sir Walter Raleigh]

[Dedication to Queen Elizabeth]

[Canto I]

[Canto II]

[Canto III]

[Canto IV]

[Canto V]

[Canto VI]

[Canto VII]

[Canto VIII]

[Canto IX]

[Canto X]

[Canto XI]

[Canto XII]

[NOTES]

[GLOSSARY]