Book · 1590 · Epic poetry
Faerie queene
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And people should put the side about a week of their lives and read the fairy queen.
What they say about it
- Call to read2
- Forgotten status“quite forgotten now”2
The best things said about it
I think everybody should just be reading edmund spencer's the fairy queen and milton and trollope and wallowing in pastoral poetry.
The Faerie Queene is quite forgotten now, but it had enormous impact, Spenser's Faerie Queene, on Shakespeare, and on the Romantic poets.
And yet it's one of the lasting poems in English like nobody wants to read Spencer's the fairy queen anymore.
Zach Weinersmith EconTalk · Mar 2023 Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
6 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser is an epic, allegorical English poem celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Queen Elizabeth I while exploring moral virtues through the adventures of various knights. The classic poem was highlighted by several podcast guests for its literary significance. Katherine Rundell recommended it during an overrated and underrated segment on Conversations with Tyler, suggesting readers dedicate a week of their lives to it, while Tyler Cowen also brought up the work in a similar context. A host on Stuff You Should Know mentioned the poem while tracing early fictional appearances of dragons. Zach Weinersmith discussed the work on EconTalk to contrast its lasting status in English literature with contemporary reading habits. Heather Mac Donald expressed on The Rubin Report her ideal of a classical education centered on Spenser and Milton over modern politics, and Camille Paglia discussed the poem's immense historical impact on William Shakespeare and the Romantic poets.
Every mention
Katherine Rundell and people should put the side about a week of their lives and read the fairy queen 1
“and people should put the side about a week of their lives and read the fairy queen”
Camille Paglia We should tell them that "The Faerie Queene" is quite forgotten now, but it had enormous impact, Spenser's… 1
“We should tell them that "The Faerie Queene" is quite forgotten now, but it had enormous impact, Spenser's Faerie Queene, on Shakespeare, and on the Romantic poets”
Heather Mac Donald i think everybody should just be reading edmund spencer's the fairy queen and milton and trollope and wallo… 1
“i think everybody should just be reading edmund spencer's the fairy queen and milton and trollope and wallowing in pastoral poetry”
Jordan Harbinger In the book, you describe validating the criminal or validating the target's model of the world. What does… 1
“In the book, you describe validating the criminal or validating the target's model of the world. What does that mean exactly?”
Tyler Cowen COWEN: Spenser’s Faerie Queene. 1
“COWEN: Spenser’s Faerie Queene.”
Zach Weinersmith and yet it's one of the lasting poems in English like nobody wants to read Spencer's the fairy queen anymore 1
“and yet it's one of the lasting poems in English like nobody wants to read Spencer's the fairy queen anymore”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“And we were saying also that the first visual depiction of dragon shows up in Harley 3244. The first mention of the dragon in like a story like a fictitious story supposedly comes in Spencer Edmonds the fairy queen.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Absolutely, yeah. And I always say that in the book; I write about that.”