FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
EDMUND SPENSER
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Masters of Drama degree, 1538
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Masters of Arts degree, 1576
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Masters of Writers degree, 1567
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Masters of Acting degree, 1598
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Detailed explanation-1: -He went on to study literature and religion at Cambridge University’s Pembroke Hall, receiving a BA in 1573 and an MA in 1576. Spenser published his first volume of poetry, The Shepheardes Calender (Hugh Singleton), in 1579, dedicating it to the poet Sir Philip Sidney.
Detailed explanation-2: -Spenser published his first poetic work, The Sheapheardes Calendar, ten years later. He then began work on The Faerie Queene, which was published in 1590. Spenser was awarded a B.A. in 1573 and an M.A. in 1576.
Detailed explanation-3: -Under the modest pseudonym of ‘Immerito, ’ the author dedicated in a short poem this series of twelve dialogues or eclogues to his friend Sir Philip Sidney. No mention was anywhere made of Spenser’s name.
Detailed explanation-4: -Spenser is sometimes called the “poet’s poet” because so many later English poets have learned the art of versification from him. In the 19th century alone his influence may be seen in Shelley’s Revolt of Islam, Byron’s Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Keats’s Eve of St. Agnes, and Tennyson’s The Lotos Eaters.