What is The Faerie Queene?
{{italictitle}} [[File:EdmundSpenser.jpg|thumb|[[Edmund Spenser]]]] '''''The Faerie Queene''''' is an English [[Epic poetry|epic poem]] by [[Edmund Spenser]]. The poem was first published in 1590. A longer version of the poem was published in 1596. This version of the poem is in six parts or books. ''The Fairie Queene'' is about different [[knight]]s who fight against evil. It is an [[allegory|allegorical]] work, and each book of the poem is about a different [[virtue]]. The poem also praises Queen [[Elizabeth I of England]] and her family, the [[Tudor dynasty|Tudors]]. Queen Elizabeth liked the poem so much that she gave Spenser a [[pension]] as a reward. {{lit-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Faerie Queene}} [[Category:16th-century English poems]] [[Category:Epic poems]] [[Category:1590s books]]