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English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History

CHAPTER XII
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The Crusades.
Britomartis and Sir Artegal.Elizabeth.Mary Queen of Scots.

Other Works.

Spenser's Fate.

Other Writers.
THE FAERIE QUEENE.
The Faerie Queene is an allegory, in many parts capable of more than one interpretation.

Some of the characters stand for two, and several of them even for three distinct historical personages.
The general plan and scope of the poem may be found in the poet's letter to his friend, Sir Walter Raleigh.


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