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Literature | Faërie Queene A metrical romance in six books, by Edmund Spenser (incomplete). It details the adventures of various knights, who impersonate different virtues, and belong to the court of Gloriana, Queen of faërie land. The first book contains the legend of the Red Cross Knight (the spirit of Christianity), and is by far the best. The chief subject is the victory of Holiness over Error. It contains twelve cantos. The second book is the legend of Sir Guyon (the golden mean), in twelve cantos. The third book is the legend of Britomartis (love without lust), in twelve cantos. Britomartis is Diana, or Queen Elizabeth the Britoness. The fourth book is the legend of Cambel and Triamond (fidelity), in twelve cantos. The fifth book is the legend of Artegal (justice), in twelve cantos. The sixth book is the legend of Sir Calidore (courtesy), in twelve cantos. There are parts of a seventh book - viz. cantos 6 and 7, and two stanzas of canto three. The subject is Mutability. The plan of the Faërie Queene is borrowed from the Orlando Furioso, but the creative power of Spenser is more original, and his imagery more striking, than Ariosto's. Thomson says of him - "[He] like a copious river, poured his song O'er all the mazes of enchanted ground." The Seasons (Summer), 1574-5. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: FAËRIE QUEENE |
| Specialty definitions using "FAËRIE QUEENE": Archimago, Argante, Artegal, Atin, Aveugle ♦ Belphoebe, Bladamour, Bower of Bliss, Busirane ♦ Calidore, Cambalo's Ring, Canace, Cave of Mammon, Chrysaor, Cleon, Corceca, Corflambo, Corineus ♦ Dony ♦ Giants, Glamorgan, Gloriana, Godmer, Grantorto, Gryll, Guyon ♦ Hudibras, Humber ♦ Idle Lake, Ignaro, Inogene ♦ Leach, Leachcraft, Lion and Unicorn ♦ Malbecco, Malecasta, Mirror of King Ryence, Much Ado about Nothing, Munera ♦ Northern Wagoner ♦ Philotime, Pollente, Priamond ♦ Radegund, Red Cross Knight, Ruddy-mane ♦ Sanglamore, Sanglier, Sansfoy, Sansjoy, Sansloy, Scudamore, Squire of Dames ♦ U'na ♦ Wandering Wood, Well of English Undefiled. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-e-ë-f-i-n-q-r-u" | |
-5 letters: aquifer, enquire. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 41 CB 52 49 45 51 55 45 45 4E 45 |
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01000001 01010010 01001001 01000101 00100000 01010001 01010101 01000101 01000101 01001110 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F A Ë R I E   Q U E E N E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0041 00CB 0052 0049 0045 0051 0055 0045 0045 004E 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40351735243392515539394839 |
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