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Spen·ser (sp

r), Edmund 1552?-1599.

English poet known chiefly for his allegorical epic romance The Faerie Queene (1590-1596). His other works include the pastoral Shepeardes Calendar (1579) and the lyrical marriage poem Epithalamion (1595).

Spen·seri·an (sp

n-sîr

n) adj.

Spenser [ˈspɛnsə]

(Biographies / Spenser, Edmund (?1552-1599) M, English, WRITING: poet) Edmund. ?1552-99, English poet celebrated for The Faerie Queene (1590; 1596), an allegorical romance. His other verse includes the collection of eclogues The Shephearde's Calendar (1579) and the marriage poem Epithalamion (1594)

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Spenser - English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)

Edmund Spenser

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