The Faerie Queene

edmund spenser

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Genres poetryclassicsfantasyfictionliterature16th centuryepicbritish literatureschoolcollege

896 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1590

Series

The Faerie Queene Books

This edition

Format: 896 pages, Paperback
Published: January 1, 2001 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd
ISBN: 9781840221084
ASIN: 1840221089
Language: English

About the author

edmund spenser

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.