ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Edmund Spenser, (born 1552/53, London, England-died January 13, 1599, London), English poet whose long allegorical poem The Faerie Queene is one of the greatest in the English language.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ben Jonson, a fellow poet and contemporary of Spenser’s, later wrote that Spenser died “for want of bread, ” implying that Spenser had died of starvation in some form or another.

Detailed explanation-3: -As with so many people of his day, Spenser’s early life is something of a mystery. Few records were kept of his younger years and even his year of birth is not certain. He was most likely born in 1552 or 1553 in London, England, where he spent much of his life.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Age of Spenser in English literature refers to the latter half of the sixteenth century, a period that coincided with the reign of the last Tudor monarch Queen Elizabeth I, who brilliantly bound the destiny of England to the cause of her own success.