Book III

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Book III of *The Faerie Queene* is the section of Edmund Spenser’s epic poem that chiefly explores the virtue of chastity through the adventures of the knight Britomart.

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Book III canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book of a poem ⓘ
part of an epic poem ⓘ
associatedMonarch Elizabeth I ⓘ
author Edmund Spenser ⓘ
centuryOfPublication 16th century ⓘ
containsCantoStructure yes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
depicts adventures of the knight Britomart ⓘ
exploresTheme gender and virtue ⓘ
heroic female agency ⓘ
love and chastity ⓘ
featuresCharacter Britomart ⓘ
focusesOnVirtue chastity ⓘ
genre Renaissance epic ⓘ
allegory ⓘ
hasMainProtagonist Britomart ⓘ
influencedBy Ariosto ⓘ
linked to: Ludovico Ariosto

Italian Renaissance epics ⓘ
Tasso ⓘ
intendedMoralPurpose didactic exploration of chastity ⓘ
language Early Modern English ⓘ
literaryForm allegorical epic poetry ⓘ
literaryInfluenceOn later English allegorical poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement Elizabethan literature ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
meter Spenserian stanza ⓘ
narrativeFunction exemplification of chastity through quest narrative ⓘ
narrativeMode third-person narration ⓘ
notableFor central female knight protagonist ⓘ
numberOfBooksInWork 6 ⓘ
originallyPublishedTogetherWith Book I (The Faerie Queene) ⓘ
linked to: The Faerie Queene

Book II (The Faerie Queene) ⓘ
linked to: The Faerie Queene

Book IV (The Faerie Queene) ⓘ
linked to: The Faerie Queene
originalPublication 1590 ⓘ
partOf The Faerie Queene ⓘ
positionInWork third book ⓘ
primaryTheme chastity ⓘ
setIn Faerie Land ⓘ
symbolicFunctionOfBritomart personification of chastity ⓘ
targetVirtueInSpenserPlan chastity ⓘ
workType allegorical romance ⓘ

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The Faerie Queene → hasBook → Book III ⓘ