Concetti Chiave
- Edmund Spenser, born in London in 1552, was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Pembroke College, Cambridge.
- Spenser married Elizabeth Boyle in 1594 and wrote many love sonnets in her honor, highlighting both physical and spiritual beauty.
- The Faerie Queene, Spenser's most famous work, is an incomplete allegorical novel featuring Queen Gloriana and her knights.
- Amoretti sonnet series reflects Spenser's unique approach to love, emphasizing reconciliation and marriage rather than despair.
- Spenser's sonnet "One day I Wrote Her Name" explores themes of love and immortality, using his distinct "Spenserian" verse form.
Early life and education
Edmund Spenser was born in London in 1552. He received an excellent education atMerchant Taylors ' School in London, and also at Pembroke College in Cambridge. In 1594 Spenser married Elizabeth Boyle and honoring his wife wrote many love sonnets. Like other followers of the idea of the British Empire, Spenser fell in disfavori and died in poverty in 1599. He was buried beside his favourite writer. Chaucer, at Westminster Abbey. Among the works we have "The amoretti" and "Epithalamion" that are somehow related to the course of courtship of the poet to Elizabeth Boyle, heemphasizes both physical and spiritual beauty.
The faerie queene
The most famous work of Spenser'sThe Faerie Queene, an allegorical novel incomplete centered on fictional Queen Gloriana. In the poem the Queen sends 12 of his knights in various adventures. The themes of the poem were temperance, chastity, friendship, justice, courtesy and chivalry.
"One day I Wrote Her Name" is taken from the series of sonnets Amoretti. What is special in sonnets by Spenser is that worship of the poet to his beloved does not lead to despair but to reconciliation and marriage. Like Petrarch's Laura, Spenser is a woman beautiful and virtuous but unlike Laura Spenser's woman is also accessible. In the subsequent sonnets there is a strong sense of understanding between the two lovers. "One day I Wrote Her Name" is also a reflection on the possibility of the poetto achieve immortality through his art. At the beginning of the opera, Spenser recounts his efforts to write the name of his beloved on the beach. Though the waves come and delete the name.
Spenserian verse
Spenser used a distinct form of verse called "Spenserian", which consists of 8 verses of 10 syllables plus a ninth of 12 syllables.
Domande da interrogazione
- Qual è l'opera più famosa di Edmund Spenser e quali temi affronta?
- Come si distingue la poesia di Spenser rispetto a quella di Petrarca?
- Qual è la particolarità della forma metrica utilizzata da Spenser?
L'opera più famosa di Edmund Spenser è "The Faerie Queene", un romanzo allegorico incentrato sulla regina fittizia Gloriana. I temi affrontati nel poema includono temperanza, castità, amicizia, giustizia, cortesia e cavalleria.
Nei sonetti di Spenser, l'adorazione del poeta per la sua amata non porta alla disperazione ma alla riconciliazione e al matrimonio. A differenza della Laura di Petrarca, la donna di Spenser è accessibile e c'è un forte senso di comprensione tra i due amanti.
Spenser utilizzava una forma metrica distinta chiamata "Spenserian", che consiste in 8 versi di 10 sillabe più un nono verso di 12 sillabe.
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