Edmund Spenser

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Described as 'a great allegorical portrait of the Elizabethan period' containing what is 'almost certainly a portrait of Dr. Dee' as a wise wizard figure

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Mentioned when listing famous literary figures who attended public schools - 'Edmund Spencer, who wrote The Fairy Queen'

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Described as 'the great epic written by Edmund Spencer' when discussing how St. George was adapted into Elizabethan popular culture. The book features St. George as 'the Red Cross Knight' who is commissioned by the Fairy Queen (representing Elizabeth I) to kill a dragon (representing Catholicism).