Spenser
[spen-ser]
- Edmund,c1552–99, English poet.
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Brilliant as an exponent of the virtues in Spenser, Dante, Chaucer, Lewis could not write his own poetry.
Iconic characters like Marlowe, Spenser, and James Bond make up the patchwork of our modern day folklore.
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All men—Spenser as well as Jonson—found him gentle and witty, gay and generous.
The Man ShakespeareFrank Harris
Spenser's knights in the 'Fairy Queen' are mere shadows to them.
BunyanJames Anthony Froude
Spenser may have lost by being less realistic than Fielding.
Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles DickensG. K. Chesterton
In spiritual kinship he is much nearer to Spenser than to Shakespeare.
The Booklover and His BooksHarry Lyman Koopman
Philips had taken Spenser, and Pope took Virgil for his pattern.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine VolumesSamuel Johnson
Spenser
- 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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