Professor Edmund Spenser

The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Edmund Spencer: Vol. I, Life of Spenser Professor Edmund Spenser

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Complete Works ... of Edmund Spenser ... Edited, with a new life ... and a glossary embracing notes and illustrations, by A. B. Grosart. vol. 1-9. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The NOVELS OF THE 18th & 19th CENTURIES collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection includes major and minor works from a period which saw the development and triumph of the English novel. These classics were written for a range of audiences and will engage any reading enthusiast. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Spenser, Edmund; Grosart, Alexander Balloch; 1882-84. 4 . 12268.g.2. Contributor Bio:  Spenser, Edmund Spenser's admiration for Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales purposely gives an archaic language to his epic poetry of Christian virtues and mythology of King Arthur. Contributor Bio:  Grosart, Alexander Balloch fm.author_biographical_note2