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The Faerie Queene

Dr Janina Ramirez unravels Edmund Spenser's Elizabethan epic The Faerie Queene to reveal how this fantasy world of elves, nymphs and questing knights was written in the midst of the brutal Tudor occupation of Ireland, and how the writer's growing disillusionment with the conflict was coded into the poem's restless verse.

English
  • Originally Aired October 13, 2015
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network BBC Four
  • Created September 27, 2017 by
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Name Type Role
Janina Ramirez Writer
Janina Ramirez Host Presenter
Janina Ramirez Guest Star
Jon Willers Director