FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
EDMUND SPENSER
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Scotland
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Wales
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Ireland
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Italy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Edmund Spenser (/ˈspɛnsər/; 1552/1553 – 13 January 1599) was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most important for Spenser’s literary career, however, was his close friendship with Gabriel Harvey, a professor of rhetoric who served initially as his mentor and ultimately as his literary promoter.
Detailed explanation-3: -The first book follows the adventures of the Redcross Knight (or “Red Cross Knight"), the knight of Holiness. Redcross is on a mission from the Faerie Queene Gloriana to lead his companion, Una, back to her homeland where he is to defeat a mighty dragon that is terrorizing the people.
Detailed explanation-4: -Spenser’s poetical achievements are very great in number and full of variety. He has composed epic, elegy, sonnet, and many other forms of poetry. The most outstanding of his works are “The Faerie Queene", “Amoretti", “Astrophel", “Four Hymns", “The Epithalamion” and “The Prothalamion “.