Edmund Spenser by Wang Yang Edmund Spenser (1552--1599) ? Life ? Major works ? Language ? Position in English Literature Spenser's life ? Born in a minor noble family (in 1552) ? Educated at the Merchant Tailor's School and Cambridge ? Received . degree (in 1576) ? Obtained some appointment in the house of the Earl of Leicester (in 1578) ? Secretary to Lord Grey, the Queen's Lord Deputy in Ireland (in 1580) ? Married in 1594 ? Fled to London and died in 1599 Spenser's major works ? The Shepherd's Calendar (1579) 《牧人月历》? Epithalamion (1595) 《婚曲》? Amoretti (1595) 《小爱神》? Masterpiece : The Faerie Queene (1589--1596) 《仙后》 The Faerie Queene (1589--1596) ? A long poem planned in 12 books, finished only 6 ? Dedicated to Queen Elizabeth 1 ? The whole poem is this: The Faerie Queene holds a feast of 12 days, and on each day a stranger in distress appears, claiming help against a dragon or gaint or tyrant. A knight is assigned to each guest , and the 12 books were to describe 12 adventures. The Faerie Queene (1589--1596) ? Allegory Knights: virtues--as Holiness, Temperance, Chastity, Friendship, Justice and Courtesy Knights' warfare: the strife against a contrary vice--as Pride or Despair ? Dominating thoughts : nationalism humanism puritanism Spe
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