FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
EDMUND SPENSER
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The first three books of The Faerie Queen were published in 1590 and then republished with Books IV through VI in 1596. By this time, Spenser was already in his second marriage, which took place in Ireland, where he often traveled. Still at work on his voluminous poem, Spenser died on January 13, 1599, at Westminster.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the year after being driven from his home, 1599, Spenser travelled to London, where he died at the age of forty-six – “for want of bread", according to Ben Jonson; one of Jonson’s more doubtful statements, since Spenser had a payment to him authorised by the government and was due his pension.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Faerie Queene is an English epic poem by Edmund Spenser. Books I–III were first published in 1590, then republished in 1596 together with books IV–VI.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Faerie Queene (1590) is an epic poem by Edmund Spenser (c.
Detailed explanation-5: -The purpose of Edmund Spenser in writing The Faerie Queene was to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth I and the Tudor dynasty. In fact, the Faerie Queene herself represents Queen Elizabeth I. In The Faerie Queene, Spenser glorifies the Elizabethan virtues (such as holiness, chastity, and temperance) through allegory.