'This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less.' - Cahiers Elizabethains

Edmund Spenser remains one of Britain's most famous poets. With nearly 700 entries this Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive one-stop reference tool for:

* appreciating Spenser's poetry in the context of his age and our own

* understanding the language, themes and characters of the poems

* easy to find entries arranged by subject.