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Page xi
... Shepheardes Calender . But much of that poem is closely adapted from Clement Marot , and even if the rest recalls the actual pursuits of his own boyhood , there is no local colour which might not have been drawn from the country that ...
... Shepheardes Calender . But much of that poem is closely adapted from Clement Marot , and even if the rest recalls the actual pursuits of his own boyhood , there is no local colour which might not have been drawn from the country that ...
Page xix
... Shepheardes Calender . In metre the Shepheardes Calender is no less experimental . Spenser had no precedent in pastoral tradition for such metrical variety ; in this he was inspired solely by his own eagerness to explore the native ...
... Shepheardes Calender . In metre the Shepheardes Calender is no less experimental . Spenser had no precedent in pastoral tradition for such metrical variety ; in this he was inspired solely by his own eagerness to explore the native ...
Page xx
... Shepheardes Calender was the only work published by Spenser at this period , he was already known in his own circle as a prolific writer . E. K. speaks of his Dreames , his Legendes , his Court of Cupid , and sondry others ' , and ...
... Shepheardes Calender was the only work published by Spenser at this period , he was already known in his own circle as a prolific writer . E. K. speaks of his Dreames , his Legendes , his Court of Cupid , and sondry others ' , and ...
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INTRODUCTION BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL | x |
BOOK THE LEGENDE OF THE KNIGHT OF THE RED CROSSE OR | xliv |
THE LEGEND OF SIR GVYON OR OF TEMPERAVNCE | 140 |
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