Orgoglio

Orgoglio is a literary character in Edmund Spenser's famous epic The Faerie Queene. He appears in the seventh canto of Book One 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. In chapter IX of Waverley, by Sir Walter Scott, the manor of Bradwardyne is compared to the castle of Orgoglio.

This article is about literary character. For the television series, see Orgoglio (TV series).

References
    • Hadfield, Andrew (2001). The Cambridge Companion to Spenser. Cambridge University Press. pp. 212. ISBN 0-521-64570-0.
    • Edmund Spenser. "The Faerie Queen". The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Volume B.
    • "The Faerie Queene". SparkNotes
    • "Definition of Orgoglio". Wiktionary

    Further reading
    • Quitslund, Jon A. (2001). Spenser's Supreme Fiction. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3505-1.
    • 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.


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