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

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. 26 (2). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 171–187. JSTOR 2872024.
J. W. Schroeder (1962). "Spenser's Erotic Drama: The Orgoglio Episode". English Literary History. 29: 140–159.

v t e Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590)
Characters	Archimago Belphoebe Caelia Fairy Queen Orgoglio
Locations	House of Pride
Influence	The Mathematics of Magic The Palace of Pleasure

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