21. The Faerie Queene This HTML etext of The Faerie Queene was prepared from The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of edmund spenser Grosart, London, 1882 in 199396 by Richard http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/fqintro.html

Return to Renascence Editions THE FAERIE QVEENE. Disposed into twelue bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall vertues LONDON Printed for William Ponsonbie. A Note on the Renascence Editions text: This HTML etext of The Faerie Queene was prepared from The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spenser [Grosart, London, 1882] in 1993-96 by Richard Bear at the University of Oregon rbear@oregon.uoregon.edu TO THE MOST HIGH, MIGHTIE and MAGNIFICENT EMPRESSE RENOVV- MED FOR PIETIE, VER- TVE, AND ALL GRATIOVS GOVERNMENT ELIZABETH BY THE GRACE OF GOD QVEENE OF ENGLAND FRAVNCE AND IRELAND AND OF VIRGI- NIA, DEFENDOVR OF THE HVMBLE SERVANT EDMVND SPENSER DOTH IN ALL HV- MILITIE DEDI- CATE, PRE- SENT AND CONSECRATE THESE HIS LABOVRS TO LIVE VVITH THE ETERNI- TIE OF HER FAME. Book I. Canto I. Canto II. Canto III. ... Renascence Editions

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23. The Edmund Spenser Home Page: Biography Orn in or near 1552 to a family of modest means, edmund spenser was possibly the son of John spenser, a free journeyman clothmaker resident in East Smithfield http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenser/biography.htm

The Shepheardes Calender (December, 37-42) that it was his 'shepherd peres' at the Merchant Taylors' school and Mulcaster (probably the 'good olde shephearde, Wrenock ') who first encouraged him to write verse. I n May 1569, Spenser left school and matriculated as a sizar at Pembroke Hall (now Pembroke College), Cambridge, receiving a further ten shillings from the Nowell bequest to support him. Although he had to work for his meals and accommodation, and may often have been ill during his studies, this appears to have been an important and productive time for the young poet. At Pembroke, Spenser came to know the master John Young, later Bishop of Rochester, and probably met Lancelot Andrewes, the future Bishop of London and privy councillor, who had also been at the Merchant Taylors' school. The most important influence on Spenser during this period, though, was undoubtedly his intimate friendship with Gabriel Harvey, himself admitted as a Fellow of Pembroke Hall in 1570. While Spenser's relationship with Harvey was later satirized by fellow students in a play titled Pedantius , Harvey appears to have introduced Spenser to a number of important connections and potential patrons, including Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. After taking his B.A. (1573) and M.A. (1576), Spenser left Cambridge for Kent, where he acted as secretary for John Young, recently created Bishop of Rochester. It was there that the poet probably composed

24. The Edmund Spenser Home Page Biography, bibliography, links to online texts, discussion list and related links, from the University of Cambridge. http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenser/

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26. The Works Of Edmund Spenser The Works of edmund spenser All Works by Richard Bear at he University of Oregon. Back, to edmund spenser. Site copyright ©19962003 Anniina Jokinen. http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/spensbib.htm

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27. Edmund Spenser. 1552?-1599. John Bartlett, Comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th Selected quotations of edmund spenser from Bartlett's Quotations. http://www.bartleby.com/100/125.html

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29. Amoretti And Epithalamion Amoretti and Epithalamion. edmund spenser. Amoretti Epithalamion Grosart's The Complete Works in Prose and Verse of edmund spenser 1882 by Richard Bear at the University of http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~rbear/amoretti.html

Return to Renascence Editions Amoretti and Epithalamion Edmund Spenser Amoretti Epithalamion Note on the Renascence Editions text: This html etext of Amoretti and Epithalamion was prepared from Alexander Grosart's The Complete Works in Prose and Verse of Edmund Spenser [1882] by Richard Bear at the University of Oregon rbear@oregon.uoregon.edu This edition is dedicated to Pattiebuff Bear. AMORETTI AND Epithalamion. Written not long since by Edmunde Spenser. Printed for William Ponsonby. To the Right Worship- full HAM KNIGHT. S Ir, to gratulate your safe return from Ireland, I had nothing so readie, nor thought any thing so meete, as these sweete conceited Sonets, the deede of that wel deseruing gentleman, maister Edmond Spenser: whose name sufficiently warranting the worthinesse of the work: I do more confidently presume to publish it in his absence, vnder your name to whom (in my poore opinion) the patronage therof, doth in some respectes properly appertaine. For, besides your iudgement and delighte in learned poesie: This gentle Muse for her former perfection long wished for in Englande, nowe at the length crossing the Seas in your happy companye, (though to your selfe vnknowne) seemeth to make choyse of you, as meetest to giue her deserued countenaunce, after her retourne: entertaine her, then, (Right worshipfull) in sorte best beseeming your gentle minde, and her merite, and take in worth my good will herein, who seeke no more, but to shew my selfe yours in all dutifull affection.

30. Spenser, Edmund. The American Heritage® Dictionary Of The English Language: Fou spenser, edmund. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language Fourth Edition. 2000. 2000. spenser, edmund. SYLLABICATION Spen·ser. http://www.bartleby.com/61/63/S0626300.html

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31. Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) British Writer. (15521599) British writer. edmund spenser was the greatest nondramatic poet of the Elizabethan age. Search. Literature Classic, spenser, edmund Guide picks. http://classiclit.about.com/cs/edmundspenser/

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32. Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) British Writer. edmund spenser was the greatest nondramatic poet of the Elizabethan age. The Shepherd s Calendar (1579) is one of his most famous works. spenser, edmund. http://classiclit.about.com/od/edmundspenser/

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33. Spenser, Edmund spenser, edmund (15521599). Great English poet, who bridged the medieval and Elizabethan periods, and who is most famous for his http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/S/spenseredmund/

Spenser, Edmund Great English poet, who bridged the medieval and Elizabethan periods, and who is most famous for his long allegorical romance, The Faerie Queene. Life and Works Spenser was born in London, where he attended the Merchant Tailor's School. He then went on to Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, where he took a degree in 1576. In 1579 he entered the service of the English courtier Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and met the English poet Sir Philip Sidney , to whom he dedicated his first major poem, The Shepheardes Calendar (1579). This work demonstrates the great poetic flexibility of the English language. It is a series of 12 pastoral poems written in a variety of meters and employing a vocabulary of obsolete words and coined expressions to give a suggestion of antiquity. While residing with the earl of Leicester in London, Spenser began to write The Faerie Queene, and in 1580 he was appointed secretary to Arthur Grey, 14th Baron Grey de Wilton, the new lord deputy of Ireland. Thereafter, Spenser lived mostly in Ireland, near Cork, where he completed his great allegory. In 1589 he was visited by the English poet, courtier, and explorer Sir Walter Raleigh In 1596 Spenser took three more books of The Faerie Queene to London for publication. While in England he completed a prose work, Veue of the Present State of Ireland, which was not issued until long after his death in 1633. He did publish at this time Fowre Hymnes (1596), poems in honor of love and beauty. For a double wedding of two daughters of the nobility in 1596, Spenser composed the "Prothalamion," one of his loveliest shorter lyrical poems. Again disappointed of royal patronage, he returned to Ireland. In October 1598 his castle was sacked and burned by Irish rebels, and Spenser fled to London, where he died on January 13, 1599.

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37. Spenser, Edmund spenser, edmund. An engraving of the Elizabethan poet edmund spenser, by George Vertue, in the National Portrait Gallery, London. http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0015355.html

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38. Biografía - Spenser, Edmund spenser, edmund Nacionalidad Inglaterra East Smithfield 1522 h. - Londres 1599. http://www.artehistoria.com/historia/personajes/6160.htm

FICHA Nacionalidad: Inglaterra East Smithfield 1522 h. - Londres 1599 Nacido cerca de Londres hacia 1552, se formó en Cambridge, donde conoció a Harvey y Sydney . Éste influyó para que consiguiera un puesto de secretario junto al conde de Leicester, favorito de la reina. Ello le permitió residir en Londres y formar parte de los círculos literarios y cortesanos. Más tarde fue destinado a irlanda como secretario del gobernador y, a su vuelta de un viaje a Londres, el castillo de Kilcolman donde residía fue incendiada por rebeldes irlandeses y Spenser y su familia hubieron de instalarse en Cork. El incendio produjo la desgraciada pérdida de varios libros de su obra maestra, "The Faerie Queene" (La reina de las hadas), que se comenzó a publicar en 1590. En consecuencia, de su obra sólo se conocen 6 libros y una parte del séptimo, de los doce con que contaba. Realizado a lo largo de veinte años, el poema es una alegoría sobre la corte de Isabel I de carácter didáctico-moral. Otras obras suyas son "The Sheperd´s Calendar" (1589, El calendario del pastor), "Hymnes in Honour of Love and Beautie" (1596, Himnos en honor del amor y la belleza), "Amoretti" (1595, Amorcillos), etc. Falleció en Londres en 1599. Todos los textos e imágenes en alta resolución de esta sección están disponibles en la colección La Historia y sus Protagonistas de Ediciones Dolmen, S.L.

39. Spenser, Edmund encyclopediaEncyclopedia spenser, edmund. spenser, edmund, 1552?–1599, English poet, b. London. Related content from HighBeam Research on edmund spenser. http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/id/A0846246.html

HOTWORDS CITE PRINT EMAIL in All Infoplease Almanacs Biographies Dictionary Encyclopedia Home Almanacs Atlas Dictionary ... D-Day Infoplease Tools Periodic Table Conversion Tool Perpetual Calendar Year by Year ... Site Map Also from Infoplease Search Infoplease Info search tips Search Biographies Bio search tips Encyclopedia Spenser, Edmund Spenser, Edmund, , English poet, b. London. He was the friend of men eminent in literature and at court, including Gabriel Harvey, Sir Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Robert Sidney, earl of Leicester. After serving as secretary to the Bishop of Rochester, Spenser was appointed in 1580 secretary to Lord Grey, lord deputy of Ireland. Afterward Spenser lived in Ireland, holding minor civil offices and receiving the lands and castle of Kilcolman, Co. Cork. In 1589, under Raleigh's sponsorship, Spenser went to London, where he apparently sought court preferment and publication of the first three books of The Faerie Queene. After the Tyrone rebellion of 1598, in which Kilcolman Castle was burned, he returned to London, where he died in 1599. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. Recognized by his contemporaries as the foremost poet of his time, Spenser was not only a master of meter and language but a profound moral poet as well. Patterning his literary career after that of Vergil, Spenser first published 12 pastoral eclogues of The Shepheardes Calender (1579), which treat the shepherd as rustic priest and poet. His

40. EDMUND SPENSER spenser, edmund (c. 15521599), English poet, author of the Faery Queen, was born in London about the year 1552. edmund spenser. http://88.1911encyclopedia.org/S/SP/SPENSER_EDMUND.htm

EDMUND SPENSER SPENSER, EDMUND (c. 1552-1599), English poet, author of the Faery Queen, was born in London about the year 1552. The received date of his birth rests on a passage in sonnet lx. of the A moretti. He speaks there of having lived forty-one years; the Atnoretti was published in 1595, and described on the titlepage as written not long since ; this would make the ye~r of his birth 1552 or 1553. We know from the Prot/zalamion that London was his birthplace. This at least seems the most natural interpretation of the words Merry London, my most kindly nurse, That to me gave this lifes first native source. In the same poem he speaks of himself as taking his name from an house of ancient fame. Several of his pieces are addressed to the daughters of Sir John Spencer, head of the Althorp family; and in Cohn Clouts Come Home Again he describes three of the ladies as The honor of the noble family Of which I meanest boast myself to be. 2 Leter-Book of Gabriel Harvey (Camden Society). Amidst all the distractions of his public life in Ireland Spenser kept up his interest in literature, and among proper subjects for reforn included Irish poetry, of which he could judge only through the medium of translations. He allows it some merit sweet wit, good invention, some pretty flowers but laments that it is abused to the gracing of wickedness and vice. Meanwhile he seems to have prnceeded steadily with the composition of the Faery Qu-en, translating his varied experience of men and affairs into the picturesque forms of his allegory, and expressing through them his conception of the immutable principles that ought to regulate human conduct.

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