Edmund Spenser by Douglas Brooks-Davies

Edmund Spenser by Douglas Brooks-Davies

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Summary

A selection of poems by Edmund Spenser. The book includes "The Shepherds' Calendar"(1579); "Amoretti and Epithalamion"(1595); "Four Hymns"(1596); and "Prothalamion"(1596). A chronology of Spenser's life and notes on each text are included.

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Edmund Spenser by Douglas Brooks-Davies

Edmund Spenser (c.1552-99) is most famous for The Faerie Queen, but he also wrote a variety of other shorter poems. These were among the most important literary works of the English Renaissance - publication of The Shepherds' Calendar is often seen as a turning point in the poetry of the period. This pioneering volume is the first to offer a modernised edition of the shorter poems making these accessible for the first time to the modern reader. Other features to note are: the most detailed footnotes yet of any edition outside the massive Valiorium and detailed headnotes to each poem which not only offer literary and historical contexts but are also substantial critical essays in their own right.
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ISBN 13 9780582089105
ISBN 10 0582089107
Title Edmund Spenser
Author Douglas Brooks-Davies
Series Longman Annotated Texts
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pearson Education Limited
Year published 1995-05-03
Number of pages 440
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.