Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) was an English poet best known for his epic poem "The Faerie Queene," an allegorical work celebrating Queen Elizabeth I and the Tudor dynasty. His style was highly influential, especially for its use of the Spenserian stanza, a nine-line verse form. Spenser's other notable works include "The Shepherd's Calendar," which helped establish him as one of the era's premier poets. His writing blends classical influences with Renaissance humanism, while also engaging with the political and cultural issues of Elizabethan England.

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THE RUINES OF TIME. DEDICATED TO THE RIGHT NOBLE AND BEAUTIFULL LADIE, THE LA: MARIE, COUNTESSE OF PEMEBROOKE. Most honourable and bountifull Ladie, there bee long sithens deepe sowed in my brest the seede of most entire love and humble affection unto that most brave knight, your noble brother deceased; which, taking roote, began in his life time somewhat to bud forth, and to shew themselves to him, as... more...

INTRODUCTION I. THE AGE WHICH PRODUCED THE FAERIE QUEENE The study of the Faerie Queene should be preceded by a review of the great age in which it was written. An intimate relation exists between the history of the English nation and the works of English authors. This close connection between purely external events and literary masterpieces is especially marked in a study of the Elizabethan Age. To... more...