I. Edmund Spenser (1552-1599) the Great English Poet.
A. Edmund Spenser began, intentionally and calculatingly, to become the master English poet of his age.
B. Unlike such poets as Wyatt, Surrey, and Sidney, born to advantage and upper-social class, Spenser was born of moderate means and class, in London, possibly in 1552.
C. He received a notable education, first at the Merchant Taylor's School, then at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he was registered as a "sizar" (meaning impoverished) scholar.
D. Spenser started as a poet by translating some poems for a volume of anti-Catholic propaganda.
E. He received a B.A. degree in 1573 and the M.A. in 1576

II. Influences and Vocations.
A. He began his friendship with Gabriel Harvey, an eccentric Cambridge don, humanist, and pamphleteer. Their correspondence shows that both men were passionately interested in theories of poetry and in experiments in quantitative versification in English.
B. Spenser served as personal secretary......

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