The Shorter Poems
- Paperback
816 pages
- Release Date
30 September 1999
Summary
1999 marks the 400th anniversary of Spenser’s death. Although he is most famous for The Faerie Queene, this volume demonstrates that for these poems alone Spenser should still be ranked as one of England’s foremost poets.
Spenser’s shorter poems reveal his generic and stylistic versatility, his remarkable linguistic skill, and his mastery of complex metrical forms. The range of this volume allows him to emerge fully in the varied and conflicting personae he adopted, as satiri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140434453 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140434453 |
| Author: | Edmund Spenser, Richard Mccabe |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 816 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 1999 |
| Weight: | 553g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 129mm x 198mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser (c.1552-1599) was educated in London and Cambridge and in 1580 moved to Ireland as secretary to the Lord Deputy. His poem, The Faerie Queene, was the first English epic.
Richard McCabe is a Fellow in English at Merton College Oxford and a lecturer at the University of Oxford. He has published widely on Renaissance Literature.
Edited by Richard A. McCabe
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