The Shepheard's Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve…
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"The Shepheard's Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve…" by Edmund Spenser is a pastoral poem published in 1579. Spenser's first major work follows the shepherd Colin Clout through twelve months, each eclogue exploring love, faith, and rural life. Written in deliberately archaic language to evoke Chaucer, the poem addresses church abuses, celebrates Queen Elizabeth, and chronicles Colin's heartbreak over Rosalind. With innovative forms for each month and mysterious commentary by "E.K.,"
this influential work established Spenser's reputation and shaped English poetry. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 |
| Title | The Shepheard's Calender: Twelve Aeglogues Proportionable to the Twelve Monethes |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shepheardes_Calender |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow, Nicole Henn-Kneif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 42607 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-42607-5 |
| Release Date | Apr 27, 2013 |
| Last Update | Oct 23, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 688 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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