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Edmund Spenser

Born

London, England

Died

January 13, 1599

Genre

Poetry

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Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 - 1599) was an important English poet and Poet Laureate best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem celebrating, through fantastical allegory, the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.

Though he is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy, Spenser is also a controversial figure due to his zeal for the destruction of Irish culture and colonisation of Ireland.
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	The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, Thomas P. Roche Jr. (Editor), C. Patrick O'Donnell (Editor) 3.58 avg rating — 16,819 ratings — published 1590 — 385 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Faerie Queene, Book One by Edmund Spenser, Carol V. Kaske (Editor), Abraham Stoll (Editor) 3.74 avg rating — 2,620 ratings — published 1960 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edmund Spenser's Poetry (Norton Critical Editions) 3.85 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 1992 — 198 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Faerie Queene, Book Two by Edmund Spenser, Erik Gray (Editor), Abraham Stoll (Editor) 3.71 avg rating — 324 ratings — published 1590 — 94 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amoretti by Edmund Spenser, Teresa Page (Editor) 3.82 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 2008 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shorter Poems by Edmund Spenser, Richard A. McCabe (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1579 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Faerie Queene, Books Three and Four by Edmund Spenser, Dorothy Stephens (Editor), Abraham Stoll (General Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2006 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shepherd's Calendar: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable To The Twelve Months (1898) by Edmund Spenser, Walter Crane (Illustrator) 3.59 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1579 — 167 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amoretti And Epithalamion 3.74 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1595 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Faerie Queene, Book 5 3.78 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2006 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Faerie Queene Books (12 books)
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C. Patrick O'Donnell (Editor)

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Quotes by Edmund Spenser (?)

“For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”
― Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

tags: edmund-spenser, finding, the-faerie-queene

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“For whatsoever from one place doth fall,
Is with the tide unto an other brought:
For there is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”
― Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

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“What though the sea with waves continuall
Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ;
Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought :
For whatsoever from one place doth fall
Is with the tyde unto another brought :
For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.”
― Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene

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3rd Qtr (July -Sept) Long Read

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 776 pages, 1880

64 votes, 19.4%

The Arabian Nights, 1049 pages, 800

55 votes, 16.7%

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri, 798 pages, 1320

36 votes, 10.9%

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens, 864 pages, 1839

31 votes, 9.4%

Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pages, 1915

31 votes, 9.4%

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1182 pages, 1021

20 votes, 6.1%

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, 731 pages, 1901

13 votes, 3.9%

The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding, 975 pages, 1749

13 votes, 3.9%

The Sagas of Icelanders, 782 pages, 1200

9 votes, 2.7%

The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser, 1248 pages, 1590

9 votes, 2.7%

Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe, 644 pages, 1929

8 votes, 2.4%

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 909 pages, 1353

7 votes, 2.1%

Texas by James A. Michener, 1472 pages, 1985

7 votes, 2.1%

Shōgun by James Clavell, 1152 pages, 1975

7 votes, 2.1%

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, 1139 pages, 1999

7 votes, 2.1%

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson, 1534 pages, 1748

7 votes, 2.1%

A Dream of Red Mansion by Cao Xueqin, 2400 pages, 1791

6 votes, 1.8%

330 total votes

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