Orgoglio Explained

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.

References

• Book: Hadfield, Andrew. The Cambridge Companion to Spenser. Cambridge University Press. 2001. 0-521-64570-0. 212.
• Book: The Faerie Queen. Edmund Spenser. The Norton Anthology of English Literature. Volume B..
• Web site: The Faerie Queene. SparkNotes
• Web site: Definition of Orgoglio. Wiktionary

Further reading

• Book: Quitslund, Jon A. . Spenser's Supreme Fiction. University of Toronto Press. 2001. 0-8020-3505-1.
• S. K. Heninger Jr.. The Orgoglio Episode in The Faerie Queene. English Literary History. 26. 2. 171 - 187. June 1959. The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2872024.
• Spenser's Erotic Drama: The Orgoglio Episode. J. W. Schroeder. 1962. English Literary History. 29. 140 - 159.