Her experience is anatomized in the stories of other characters, where versions of love and friendship include physical gratification, torture, mutual aid, competition, spiritual ecstasy, self-sacrifice, genial teasing, jealousy, abduction, ...

The Amoretti cycle of poems is printed here in full, with each sonnet on its own on a page. This is beautiful poetry, poems of love, full of Spenser's delicate and intricate way with words.

This edition includes the letter to Raleigh, in which Spenser declares his intentions for his poem, the commendatory verses by Spenser’s contemporaries and his dedicatory sonnets to the Elizabethan court, and is supplemented by a table of ...

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Composed during the Elizabethan era, this work showcases Spenser's lyrical finesse and emotional depth as he mourns the untimely death of his beloved, Douglas Howard, the daughter of Sir George Howard.