Bhí na Sasanaigh ag imirt an chluiche seo le fada an lae. #Kneecap #LewdLiberty #EdmundSpenser

Edmund Spenser's first wife was called Machabyas Childe. Their wedding took place at a rather grand venue: St. Margaret’s Church, Westminster, which is now the church of the House of Commons.

10 things you might not know about Spenser:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2025/01/13-january-edmund-spenser.html

#poets #edmundspenser #spenser

13 January: Edmund Spenser

On this date in 1599 the poet Edmund Spenser died. 10 facts about him. Edmund Spenser was born in East Smithfield,  London , aroun...

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But in the stay of her own stedfast might
Neither to one herself nor other bends.
   Most happy she that most assured doth rest,
   But he most happy who such one loves best.”

Edmund Spenser (1552 - 1599), Amoretti, lix
#poetry #edmundspenser #16thcentury

Amoretti LIV: Of this worlds Theatre in which we stay

Edmund Spenser Of this worlds Theatre in which we stay, My love lyke the Spectator ydly sits Beholding me that all the pageants play, Disguysing diversly my troubled wits. Sometimes I joy when glad…

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A #seasonal #woodcut depicting Queen Elizabeth I, surrounded by court ladies playing #musical #instruments (#viol, #harp, #lute, #flute. Also piping shepherds)

From the Eclogue for #April in Edmund Spenser's Shepheardes Calender, 1579.

#ElizabethI
#Elizabethan
#EdmundSpenser
#History
#Histodon
@histodons
#histodons
#earlymusic
@earlymusic
#earlymodern
@earlymodern
#Tudor
#Tudors
#Calendar
#sixteenthcentury
#16thCentury
#16thCenturymusic
#pastoral

Five days until RSA in Puerto Rico, and amazingly, both my papers are written and slides prepared!

First up, "Milton in Japan: Paradise Lost in Translation" (co-authored), in the panel "New Perspectives on Milton's Poetics." https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/6417

The other is a five-minute talk, part of a roundtable on "Metaphysical Poetry: Genre, Canon, Anthology." https://rsa.confex.com/rsa/2023/meetingapp.cgi/Session/6314

#RSA2023 #Milton #ParadiseLost #MetaphysicalPoets #JohnDonne #EdmundSpenser

New Perspectives on Milton's Poetics

RSA - The 69th Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

#Introduction

I am a scholar of #EarlyModern #English #literature, especially the #poetry of #JohnDonne and #EdmundSpenser. I teach anything from Old English to the present, most recently a course on #LordByron. My interests include #satire and #humour, #Renaissance and modern #art, #allegory, and #anime. Native speaker of #Russian; proficient but rusty in #Italian, #French, #Latin, and #Japanese.

I am a #letterpress printer, amateur #photographer, and #naturalist. I am passionate about the #environment and #conservation and enjoy #hiking, #birding, #running, #canoetripping and #backcountry #camping, and #rockclimbing.