Spenser

[spen-ser]

noun

Edmund,c1552–99, English poet.

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Contemporary Examples of spenser

Brilliant as an exponent of the virtues in Spenser, Dante, Chaucer, Lewis could not write his own poetry.
The Odd Story of C.S. Lewis, an Extremely Odd Man
A.N. Wilson
March 10, 2013
Iconic characters like Marlowe, Spenser, and James Bond make up the patchwork of our modern day folklore.
Leave John Banville Alone! Why Chandler’s Marlowe Should Live On
Ace Atkins
September 6, 2012

Historical Examples of spenser

All men—Spenser as well as Jonson—found him gentle and witty, gay and generous.
The Man Shakespeare
Frank Harris
Spenser's knights in the 'Fairy Queen' are mere shadows to them.
Bunyan
James Anthony Froude
Spenser may have lost by being less realistic than Fielding.
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens
G. K. Chesterton
In spiritual kinship he is much nearer to Spenser than to Shakespeare.
The Booklover and His Books
Harry Lyman Koopman
Philips had taken Spenser, and Pope took Virgil for his pattern.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes
Samuel Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for spenser

Spenser

noun

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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