Edmund Spenser

Edmund Spenser

v  He was born in 1552 and die 13 January 1599

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Spenser  was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene which deals with the adventures of knights, dragons, ladies in distress.

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He got married with Machabyas Chylde and they have two children. 

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Edmund Spenser published his first important work, The Shepheardes Calender in 1580.

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After reading the Faerie Queen, Sir Walter Raleigh persuaded him to visit London in 1590, where he presented Spenser and his poem to the Queen.

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 In the sonnet Amoretti and Epithalamiumhe celebrated his second marriage with Elizabeth Boyle. Here, he detailed their love and its consummation in their marriage.

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He was buried in Westminster Abbey, his tomb close to that of Geoffrey Chaucer.