The Spenser Encyclopedia

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Albert Charles Hamilton
University of Toronto Press, 1990 - Literary Criticism - 858 pages
'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains
Edmund Spenser remains one of Britain's most famous poets. With nearly 700 entries this Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive one-stop reference tool for:
* appreciating Spenser's poetry in the context of his age and our own
* understanding the language, themes and characters of the poems
* easy to find entries arranged by subject.

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About the author (1990)

A. C. Hamilton is Cappon Professor of English at Queen's University.

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