The Amoretti by Edmund Spenser (c. 1552-99), published in 1595, is one of the great Elizabethan cycles of love poetry. The Amoretti cycle of poems is printed here in full, with each sonnet on its own on a page.
This is beautiful poetry, poems of love, full of Edmund Spenser's delicate and intricate way with words. The Amoretti are packed of vivid imagery, of the natural world, of the seasons, of suns and moons, of days and nights - this is love poetry at its most refined and intelligent.
Technically, Edmund Spenser knew everything about poetry....
EDMUND SPENSER: AMORETTI
The Amoretti by Edmund Spenser (c. 1552-99), published in 1595, is one of the great Elizabethan cycles of love poetry. Th...
'Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine'
The Faerie Queene was one of the most influential poems in the English language. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united Arthurian romance and Italian renaissance epic to celebrate the glory of the Virgin Queen. Each book of the poem recounts the quest of a knight to achieve a virtue: the Red Crosse Knight of Holinesse, who must slay a dragon and free himself from the witch Duessa; Sir Guyon, Knight of Temperance, who escapes the Cave of Mammon...
'Great Lady of the greatest Isle, whose light Like Phoebus lampe throughout the world doth shine'
This is the first comprehensive edition of Spenser's shorter poems since the Variorum Minor Poems published in the 1940s. In the interval our understanding of Renaissance culture of Spenser's work has changed greatly. The new Shorter Poems has a double purpose: to provide a modern edition responding to the changes in our knowledge of Spenser over the past four decades and to create a text that can be used in graduate and undergraduate courses. In this edition, substantial introductions to each of the poems discuss their generic and historical backgrounds, responding to the...
This is the first comprehensive edition of Spenser's shorter poems since the Variorum Minor Poems published in the 1940s. In the interval our u...
This new edition addresses the shifts in scholarly and critical interests in Spenser studies since 1993 as well as access provided by new technology. Notes reflect the information that Spenser's best readers would have at their fingertips without spoiling the pleasure of reading Spenser for the first time.Mother Hubberds Tale from the 1591 Complaints is newly included. The Ruines of Rome, Spenser's translation of Joachim Du Bellay's Antiquitez, is also added to give readers the chance to see Spenser at work as a translator and to give the English...
This new edition addresses the shifts in scholarly and critical interests in Spenser studies since 1993 as well as access provided by new technology. ...
Originally published in 1915 as part of the Pitt Press Series, and reprinted many times thereafter, this book contains the text of the first book of Spenser's Faerie Queene. Winstanley prefaces the text with an introduction on the medieval, classical and renaissance sources for the poem, as well as the book's historical allegory. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in this important English poem.
Originally published in 1915 as part of the Pitt Press Series, and reprinted many times thereafter, this book contains the text of the first book of S...
