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Edmund Spenser (/ ˈ s p ɛ n s ər /; 1552/1553 – 13 January O.S. 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the great poets in the ...
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The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser.Books I–III were first published in 1590, then republished in 1596 together with books IV–VI. The Faerie Queene is notable for its form: at over 36,000 lines and over 4,000 stanzas, it is one of the longest poems in the English language; it is also the work in which Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian stanza.
- 1590, 1596
- Epic poem
Edmund Spenser is considered one of the preeminent poets of the English language. He was born into the family of an obscure cloth maker named John Spenser, who belonged to the Merchant Taylors’ Company and was married to a woman named Elizabeth, about whom almost nothing is known. Since parish records for the area of London where the poet ...
Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I Edmund Spenser 3526 downloads; Spenser's Faerie Queene, Vol. 1 (of 2) : Books I-III Edmund Spenser 167 downloads; Stories from the Faerie Queen, Told to the Children Edmund Spenser and Jean Lang 160 downloads; Prefaces and prologues to famous books : with introductions, notes and illustrations 124 downloads
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