The Shepheardes Calender
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The Shepheardes Calender was Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work, published in 1579. In emulation of Virgil's first work, the Eclogues, Spenser wrote this series of pastorals at the commencement
Title page of The Shepheardes Calendar, circa 1571.
The first page of the Aprill Eclogue
Edmund Spenser
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Edmund Spenser was an English poet best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I. He is recognized as one of the premier craftsm
The Shepheardes Calender
…to the Twelve monthes. Entitled to the Noble and Vertuous Gentleman most worthy of all titles both of learning and chevalrie M. Philip Sidney) was Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work, published in 1579. In emulation of Virgil's first work, the Eclogues, Spenser wrote this series of pastorals at the commencement…
Edmund Spenser oil painting
Title page, Fowre Hymnes, by Edmund Spenser, published by William Ponsonby, London, 1596
Title Page of a 1617 Edition of The Shepheardes Calender printed by Matthew Lownes, often bound with the complete works printed in 1611 or 1617.
The epic poem The Faerie Queene frontispiece, printed by William Ponsonby in 1590.