Origins of Prentice Alvin
According to Card he came up with the idea to write "Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow" while attending graduate school at the University of Utah. According to Card he decided to try to write an epic poem after reading “Faerie Queene” by Edmund Spenser in one of his literature classes. At the time Card wasn’t planning on expanding "Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow" into a novel series. It was originally meant to stand on its own.
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