ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Read a brief summary of this topic. 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: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Faerie Queene (1590) is an epic poem by Edmund Spenser (c. 1552–1599), which follows the adventures of a number of medieval knights. The poem, written in a deliberately archaic style, draws on history and myth, particularly the legends of Arthur.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -He was recognized as a great poet within his own lifetime, though he carried out a simultaneous diplomatic and political career for several decades. In 1580, Spenser became the secretary of Arthur Lord Grey, lord deputy of Ireland, and he spent the next several years living and working in Ireland with his family.