ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

EDMUND SPENSER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What profession did Edmund Spenser have before becoming a poet?
A
Politics
B
Therapy
C
Biology
D
Author
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1578, he became for a short time secretary to John Young, Bishop of Rochester. In 1579, he published The Shepheardes Calender and around the same time married his first wife, Machabyas Childe. They had two children, Sylvanus (d. 1638) and Katherine.

Detailed explanation-2: -Alongside his poetry, Spenser pursued a career in politics, serving as a secretary first for the Bishop of Rochester and then for the Earl of Leicester, who introduced him to other poets and artists in Queen Elizabeth’s court.

Detailed explanation-3: -Edmund Spenser’s most celebrated allegorical work “Faerie Queene” is incomplete. It is modelled on Ariosto’s “Orlando Furioso”, but it has strong moral message. “The Faerie Queene” was planned to be composed in twenty-four books but Edmund Spenser could not complete it.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edmund Spenser is considered one of the preeminent poets of the English language. He was born into the family of an obscure cloth maker named John Spenser, who belonged to the Merchant Taylors’ Company and was married to a woman named Elizabeth, about whom almost nothing is known.

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