false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170539122m/60287.jpg 60287 1 While <i>The Faerie Queene</i> is his masterpiece, Edmund Spenser showed his supreme versatility and skill as eulogist, satirist, pastoral poet, and prophet in his shorter poetry. This new edition demonstrates the point. Included in this volume are <i>The Shepheardes Calender</i>, twelve poems that mark a turning point in literary history, as the anonymous author confidently asserts his faith in the native vigor of the English language; the <i>Amoretti</i> and <i>Hymnes</i>, which reveal an acute sense of how erotic and even religious love are shot through with vanity and narcissism; <i>Mother Hubberds</i> Tale, an Elizabethan <i>Animal Farm</i>; and the <i>Epithalamion</i>, a rare celebration of consummated desire that is offset by far darker echoes. To assist readers with Spenser's many allusions to biblical, classical, and contemporary literature, Richard A. McCabe provides an insightful Introduction and detailed notes.<br><br>"Spenser is most commonly celebrated as the author of <i>The Faerie Queene</i>, yet had he written nothing other than the works collected in the present volume he would still rank amongst the foremost of English poets."--Richard A. McCabe, from the Introduction 58650 1 5 2000 The Shorter Poems (Penguin Classics) total:17|5:0|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 17 73 28 1 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Dec 22 16:01:51 -0800 2007 Sat Dec 22 16:02:56 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sat Oct 10 20:20:25 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 10 20:20:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 26 05:47:50 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 05:47:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 10 19:00:16 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 19:00:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 27 08:34:37 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 08:34:37 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 16 13:49:35 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 13:49:35 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 09 18:35:51 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 18:35:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Mar 15 09:41:24 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 09:41:26 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 16 01:40:01 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 07:55:23 -0800 2009 Wed Sep 16 01:40:01 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Feb 25 19:41:42 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 19:41:42 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 22 20:05:21 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 20:05:24 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 23 15:27:56 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 15:27:56 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 23 12:39:53 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 12:39:53 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 12 18:47:50 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 18:47:50 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sun Sep 07 22:58:04 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 22:58:04 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Wed Aug 13 20:06:27 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 20:06:27 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jun 03 01:48:23 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 01:48:23 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri May 30 12:02:16 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 12:02:16 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Mar 26 20:01:31 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 20:01:31 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Mar 16 18:30:24 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 18:30:24 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=60287