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The Shepheardes Calender

The Shepheardes Calender

Edmund Spenser

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Indy Pub
Año de edición:
2023
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Poesía
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9781087986036
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A collection of pastoral poems by Edmund Spenser, in imitation of Virgil’s Eclogues, The Shepheardes Calender regards rural life and love through the rotation of the seasons of the year. This edition is newly typeset using Renaissance typefaces and printed with colour headings and titles. The charming archaic spelling of the original text is not updated.

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