The Faerie Queene. Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues.

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Edité par William Ponsonbie, London, 1590

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Rare First Edition of both parts 1590-1596. Written in praise of Elizabeth I and dedicated to her, Spenser’s allegorical masterpiece follows the adventures of six medieval knights, drawing on Arthurian legend, Italian romance, classical epic, and Chaucer. In its mingling of genres, the poem represented a new departure in English poetry, for which Spenser invented the verse form known as the Spenserian stanza., “a hybrid form adopted from the Scots poetry of James I, ‘rhyme royal’, and Italian ‘ottava rima’” (ODNB). It is likely that Spenser began composing the work in the 1570s, sharing “parcels” of it among friends. The poem, or some part of it, was almost certainly circulating in manuscript in London in 1588, when Abraham Fraunce quotes a stanza in his Arcadian Rhetorick, correctly citing its book and canto (“Spencer in his Faerie queene.2.book.cant.4”). Spenser presented the first three books of The Faerie Queene to Elizabeth I in 1589, probably sponsored by Walter Raleigh. The poem was a clear effort to gain court favour, and as a reward Elizabeth granted Spenser a pension for life amounting to £50 a year, this royal patronage elevated the poem to a level of success that made it Spenser’s defining work. The first part Books I–III was finally printed in 1590 - possibly intended to coincide with the publication of Philip Sidney’s Arcadia - and the second part Books IV–VI followed in 1596. Spenser likely composed some of the second part around 1593, as the conversion of Henry IV of France to Catholicism that year provides the historical basis for the Burbon episode in Book V. The poem, now six books, was entered into the Stationers’ Register on 20 January 1596, suggesting publication had been planned to fall during Elizabeth I’s Grand Climacteric - her 63rd year, thought by astrologers to be critical - which had begun on 7 September 1595. In 1599, with only six of his projected twelve books completed, Spenser died. Despite this, it remains one of the longest poems in the English language with over 36,000 lines and over 4,000 stanzas. Best known for this fantastical allegory celebrating the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I, Edmnd Spenser is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of nascent Modern English verse, and he is considered one of the great poets in the English language. 2 volumes bound in uniform modern full calf, tooled in gilt; edges of second volume gilt; title page of first part remargined with some losses repaired, following leaf with repair along bottom. Provenance: Ex libris Christopher Clark Geest (1936-2023).…

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Titre
The Faerie Queene. Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues.
Auteur
SPENSER, Edmund
Éditeur
William Ponsonbie, London
Année de publication
1590
État de l'article
Assez bon
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais
Édition
Edition originale
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