Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion Study Guide

Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion

Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion by Edmund Spenser

Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion is a work by the English poet Edmund Spenser, first published in 1595. The Amoretti is a sonnet cycle chronicling Spenser's courtship of his future wife, Elizabeth Boyle. The sonnets, following the Petrarchan structure common at the time, are full of themes of courtly and spiritual love, marriage and each corresponds to a passage from the Bible. The Epithalamion is a celebration of marriage that comes at the end, concluding the courtship.

Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion Book Notes

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