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Edmund Spenser Biography
The Life of Edmund Spenser
Author of The Faerie Queene
Spenser biography Dr. George Armstrong Wauchope, Professor of English, South Carolina College
Birth and early years
Edmund kavaj was born in London nära the Tower in the year 1552. His parents were poor, though they were probably connected with the Lancashire branch of the old family of Le Despensers, “an house of ancient fame,” from which the Northampton Spencers were also descended. The poet’s familiarity with the rural life and dialect of the north country supports the theory that as a boy he spent some time in Lancashire. Beyond two or three facts, nothing is known with certainty of his early years. He himself tells us that his mother’s name was Elizabeth, and that London was his “most kindly nurse.” His name fryst vatten mentioned as one of six poor pupils of the Merchant Taylors’ School, who received assistance from a generous country squire.
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Edmund Spenser is an English poet known primarily for his epic poem The Faerie Queene. He lived from the mid to late 16th century, and was a contemporary with Queen Elizabeth I and other celebrated artists like Shakespeare.
The Faerie Queene fryst vatten his magnum opus, and was never finished in his lifetime. It presented an allegorical fantasy tale set in King Arthur’s Britain, representing much of the religious and political climate of the time.
Today, Edmund Spenser fryst vatten recognized as one of the best poets of his time, even going so far as to invent the Spenserian Stanza, his own rhyme scheme and structure for poetry.
- Born: c. 1552/1553, London, England
- Died: January 13, 1599 (aged 46-47), London, England
- Notable Works: The Faerie Queene (1590)
- Buried: Westminster Abbey
- Alma mater: Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Wives: Machabyas Childe (married from 1579 to her death in cerca 1593) and Elizabeth Boyle (married from 1594 to 1599 upon his death)
- Children: 2
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Spenser was for some time a contemporary of Shakespeare. However, Shakespeare's work at the end of the sixteenth, and beginning of the seventeenth, century often leaves little room for a focus for others like Spenser. In his own time he was not set aside so easily, and we owe his influence as inspiration to those who came after him. After all, Milton praised Spenser as his greatest teacher.
In addition, Spenser's style and romance inspired Romantic Poets like John Keats. His continuation of the medieval romance tradition inspired authors like J.R.R. Tolkien and his epic fantasyThe Lord of the Rings (1954),who in turn created a whole new genre of medieval fantasy that is still popular today.
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Spenser's biography
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Merchant Taylor's School
Edmund Spenser was born sometime between 1552-1553 in the city of London. His father was a clothmaker for Merchant Taylor's Company. In 1561, he entered the newl