Edmund Spenser - A Life

Zusatztext This is a genuinely remarkable work of scholarship, presenting not only a penetrating look into the lives of Spenser and those around him, but also a vivid and meticulous exposition of sixteenth century England and Ireland. Informationen zum Autor Andrew Hadfield is Professor of English at the University of Sussex and Visiting Professor at the University of Grenada. He is author of a number of works on early modern literature. Klappentext Edmund Spenser's innovative poetic works have a central place in the canon of English literature. Yet he is remembered as a morally flawed, self-interested sycophant; in Karl Marx's words, 'Elizabeth's arse-kissing poet'. In this vibrant and vivid biography - the first for 60 years - Andrew Hadfield finds a more complex and subtle Spenser. Zusammenfassung Edmund Spenser's innovative poetic works have a central place in the canon of English literature. Yet he is remembered as a morally flawed, self-interested sycophant; in Karl Marx's words, 'Elizabeth's arse-kissing poet'. In this vibrant and vivid biography - the first for 60 years - Andrew Hadfield finds a more complex and subtle Spenser. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments List of Figures List of Abbreviations Introduction: Writing the Life 1: Origins and Childhood 2: Spenser goes to College 3: Lost Years 4: Annus Mirabilis 5: To Ireland I 6: Spenser's Castle 7: Back to England 8: 1591 9: More Lost Years and Second Marriage (1592-5) 10: Return to London, 1596-7 11: Last Years, 1597-9 Afterword Appendix One: Spenser's Descendants Appendix Two: Portraits of Spenser Appendix Three: Spenser's Lives Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Hadfield, Andrew (Professor of English Hadfield, Hadfield Andrew
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.10.2014
• EAN: 9780198703006
• ISBN: 978-0-19-870300-6
• No. of pages: 656
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes > Self-tuition materials (general); Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Literary studies: poetry & poets, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Biography: writers, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Literary studies: poetry and poets