1591 in poetry
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Title page of Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella
Elizabethan literature
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Elizabethan literature refers to bodies of work produced during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, and is one of the most splendid ages of English literature. In addition to drama and the theatre, it saw
1591 in poetry
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The Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I, by an unidentified artist. This portrait showcases both the imperial majesty of Elizabeth I, in allegorical figures of the foreground, and the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, with its naval backdrop.
The epic poem The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser; titlepage, printed for William Ponsonby in 1590