Spenser's life and the subject of biography
Spenser, edmund, 1552?-1599
Poètes anglais
Shakespeare
Biography as a literary form
Languages & Literatures
Self in literature
English Poets
LITERARY CRITICISM
English literature
English
Biographies
History and criticism
Biography
History
On the 400th anniversary of The Faerie Queene, this book challenges the received tradition of Spenser's biography. The first "life" of Edmund Spenser (c. 1552-99) was written by the poet himself, in allegorical fictions of poetic ambition, envy, and anxiety. Over succeeding centuries, readers have t…
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