Orgoglio

Orgoglio

Orgoglio is a literary character in Edmund Spenser's famous epic "The Faerie Queen". He appears in the seventh canto as a beast and attacks the main character, Redcrosse, who symbolizes the ultimate Christian knight, during a moment of weakness. "Orgoglio" means "pride" in Italian.

References

Further reading

  • Jon A. Quitslund (2001). Spenser's Supreme Fiction. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802035051. 
  • S.K. Heninger Jr (June 1959). "The Orgoglio Episode in The Faerie Queene". English Literary History (The Johns Hopkins University Press) 26 (2): 171–187. JSTOR 2872024. 
  • J.W. Schroeder (1962). "Spenser's Erotic Drama: The Orgoglio Episode". English Literary History 29: 140–159.