Spenser: Selected Writings

by Edmund Spenser, Elizabeth Porges Watson (Editor)

A selection of Spenser's work including Book One of The Faerie Queene and other texts, these clarify his use of mythological and historical references and highlight his experimental handling of language and structure.

499 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1992

About the author

Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 - 1599) was an important English poet and Poet Laureate best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem celebrating, through fantastical allegory, the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.

Though he is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy, Spenser is also a controversial figure due to his zeal for the destruction of Irish culture and colonisation of Ireland.