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Edmund Spenser's Works and poems
Spenser's two major works were The Faerie Queene and Amoretti and Epithalamion (1595). Interestingly, both works were created in dedication to two different women, one of political importance and the other Spenser's passion and love.
The Faerie Queene and Contribution to Literature
The Faerie Queene is Spenser's longest and most extensive poems. He began writing it prior to his appointment as secretary to the Deputy of Ireland, and he continued to write and publish volumes of it until his death in 1599. Spenser's work includes six books, each one a work in itself.
Spenser only accomplished half of his goal, as he intended to write twelve books. They were dedicated to the Queen of England, Elizabeth I. The ‘Queene of Faerie Lond,’ Glorianna, is homage and flattery to her. Spenser composed this work, in part, to gain favor with the Queen and obtain a position at the royal court. However, Elizabeth was happy to compensate Spenser with a pension.³
Spenser is notable for his prolific use of allegory.
Allegory is the use of imagery to endow moral, philosophical, religious, or political meaning.
Queen Glorianna is a homage to Queen Elizabeth, but more importantly, she represents the divine attribute of Glory (Lewis 136). Each book follows a knight on a journey, each knight representing one of the Christian virtues. For example, the first book, and the most well-known, follows The Knight of the Red Crosse, or of Holinesse. The knight must face foes that represent the things that get in the way of living a good life².
The allegory is blatantly critical of the Catholic Church and is anti-Catholic as lady Errour spews pamphlets on The Knight of Holinesse, representing the false propaganda of the Catholic Church. In addition, the friar that betrays Red Crosse is a sorcerer, representing the apostasy of the Catholic Church. Many of the religious and political messages are closely-knitted in Spenser’s allegory.
Regardless of religious messages, Spenser's allegory is set in the time and realm of Arthurian legend, and he makes use of many fantastic beasts, elves, dwarves, giants, monsters, and sorcerers, which is a continuation of the medieval romance tradition.
One of the most significant things about Spenser is his adaptation of Courtly Love.
Courtly Love is love that is passionate, takes place in the court, and was historically idolatrous. It was characterized by four marks: Humility, Courtesy, Adultery, and a Religious Devotion to a lady.
However, Spenser's work shows a change in the idea of Courtly Love because although his characters show courtesy to damsels and pursue passionate romance, passionate love becomes confined and attributed to Christian marriage.
Finally, one of the most memorable aspects of The Faerie Queene is Spenser's development of a new form in poetry, now known as the Spenserian stanza. It has been mimicked by few, such as the Romantic John Keats.
Spenser arranged every stanza to contain nine lines. The first eight were written in iambic pentameter, and the final ninth line in iambic hexameter (known as an Alexandrine). The rhyme scheme was ababbcbcc.³