The hero of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene is Prince Arthur, who typifies Magnificence. Arthur himself tells that as an infant he was put under the tutelage of an elderly Knight Timon. His education was directed by Merlin, the magician, who would only tell him that his father was a king and that his full identity would be revealed in time. He also relates that he has fallen in love with Gloriana, the Fairy Queen, who appeared to him in a dream. He set out on his journey to her Court in Fairy-land and has searched for her for nine months, but in vain. And he is still pursuing his quest.

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The hero of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene is Prince Arthur, who typifies Magnificence. Arthur himself tells that as an infant he was put under the tutelage of an elderly Knight Timon. His education was directed by Merlin, the magician, who would only tell him that his father was a king and that his full identity would be revealed in time. He also relates that he has fallen in love with Gloriana, the Fairy Queen, who appeared to him in a dream. He set out on his journey to her Court in Fairy-land and has searched for her for nine months, but in vain. And he is still pursuing his quest.

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