The Shepheardes Calender

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The biography highlights Edmund Spenser's journey from London to Ireland in the late 16th century, detailing his literary contributions, including "The Shepheardes Calender" and "The Faerie Queene." His success as a poet earned him a royal pension, while his prose work, "A View of the Present State of Ireland," controversially argued for the suppression of Irish culture. Spenser's life ended in London at age forty-six, and he was honored by fellow poets at his burial in Westminster Abbey, reflecting his significant impact on literature.