Spenser, Edmund

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• Spenser, Edmund — born 1552/53, London, Eng. died Jan. 13, 1599, London English poet. Little is known for certain about his life before he entered the University of Cambridge. His first important publication, The Shepheardes Calender (1579), can be called the… …   Universalium

• SPENSER, Edmund — (1552 1599) Edmund Spenser was the outstanding nondramatic poet of the English Re­naissance and Reformation, the author of numerous poetical works, most notably the epic romance The Fairie Queene (1590 96). He was known as a poet s poet ; his… …   Renaissance and Reformation 1500-1620: A Biographical Dictionary

• Spenser, Edmund — (ca. 1552 1599)    English poet. He is best known for his allegorical romance The Faerie Queene (1590, 1596). Born in London, he was educated at the Merchant Taylors School, an institution that emphasized the value of humanistic education to pre… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

• Spenser, Edmund — (?1552 1599)    Born in London and educated at the Merchant Taylors School, he graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge University, in 1576. He fought in Ireland and was awarded lands in Cork, including Kilkolman Castle Cork. His pamphlet View… …   British and Irish poets

• Spenser,Edmund — Spen·ser (spĕnʹsər), Edmund. 1552? 1599. English poet known chiefly for his allegorical epic romance The Faerie Queene (1590 1596). His other works include the pastoral Shepeardes Calendar (1579) and the lyrical marriage poem Epithalamion (1595) …   Universalium

• SPENSER, EDMUND —    author of the Faërie Queene, and one of England s greatest poets; details of his life are scanty and often hypothetical; born at London of poor but well connected parents; entered Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, as a sizar in 1569, and during his… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Spenser, Edmund —  (1552–1599) English poet …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• Spenser, Edmund — (1552? 1599)    Poet, was b. in East Smithfield, London, the s. of John S., described as gentleman and journeyman in the art of cloth making, who had come to London from Lancashire. In 1561 the poet was sent to Merchant Taylor s School, then… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Spenser — Spenser, Edmund …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Edmund Spencer — Edmund Spenser Edmund Spenser (* um 1552 in London; † 13. Januar 1599 in London) war ein englischer Dichter, älterer Zeitgenosse und eines der Vorbilder William Shakespeares. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia