Inventing Love in The Faerie Queen

Paper 2 As we have discussed in class, there are several different types of love. And in identifying the perils of “inventing” love in The Faerie Queen, many of these kinds of love can be related. In addition to the romantic love that Spencer and the Redcrosse Knight invent, one also must consider the love for faith and God. Throughout the book, most of the problems that Spencer and the Redcrosse night with inventing love stem …

…s aid. “eternal God that chaunce did guide” [I,11,402] No matter how well a Christian is equipped or prepared, he is no match for sin and death without the undeserved grace of God. All of these allegories make up Spencer’s invention of love for God. He sees it as a constant struggle against temptation and evil, which in the end creates a closer relationship with faith and with God. Bibliography Edmund Spencer's Faerie Queen