Edmund Spenser: A Life

by Andrew Hadfield

Book Overview

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; complicit in England's ruthless colonisation of Ireland; in Karl Marx's words, 'Elizabeth's arse-kissing poet'-- a man on the
make who aspired to be at court and who was prepared to exploit the Irish to get what he wanted.

In his vibrant and vivid book, the first biography...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199591024
• ISBN13: 9780199591022
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"