Epithalamion

by Edmund Spenser (Creator), George Wharton Edwards (Creator), Printer De Vinne Press (Creator)

Experience the pure beauty of Edmund Spenser's classic work "Epithalamion" with this stunning edition. Featuring intricate illustrations by George Wharton Edwards and printed by the prestigious De Vinne Press, this volume is a literary masterpiece and an exquisite piece of art. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Genres: Poetry, Classics, Romance

64 pages, Hardcover

Published July 18, 2023

About the author

Edmund Spenser (c. 1552 - 1599) was an important English poet and Poet Laureate best known for The Faerie Queene, an epic poem celebrating, through fantastical allegory, the Tudor dynasty and Elizabeth I.

Though he is recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy, Spenser is also a controversial figure due to his zeal for the destruction of Irish culture and colonisation of Ireland.

Reviews

[Paras2 · Rating 3 out of 5]

didn't particularly enjoy the poem but liked the diction spenser used. his archaism was greatly appreciated.

[Jacky Chan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spenser the poet of the Faerie Queene is very boring, as is Spenser the New Historicist political opportunist. But here (as in Prothalamion, my favourite Spenser poem) we have a Spenser of poignance, wistfulness, a Spenser who thinks about and plays with time, artifice, and poetics. Maybe it's time I took another good long look at Spenser, having had a year's distance now from our dreadful first encounter.

[Kurt Rongey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A highly elevated love poem in tribute to his bride. It builds in momentum and sensuality, finally receding from its height to twilit ease at the end.

[Preetam Chatterjee · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 23 stanzas, of 17 to 19 lines of this poem, modestly pronounce with inordinate gusto the whole of the poet's own wedding-day, from the dawn to the night which brings the bride into her husband's arms. Each stanza structures a rite of the festival and, underneath the amusing, ennobling mythological adornment, humble and informal circumstances are celebrated and revealed of the poet’s wedding which was small Irish town on the 11th June, 1594. Never did Spenser's intellect show its autonomous power as in this poem. This poem marks the high lyrical accomplishment of the English Renascence. This verse has no equal in the poetry of the Renaissance. In fullness and brilliance it outshines all other compositions of the same kind. Time immemorial barely produced any such poem.

[Keith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Edmund Spenser wrote this classic poem for his bride on their wedding day in 1594.
Poem also at poetryfoundation.org

[Purva · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the best romantic poems from the 16th Century

[Siva Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love doth transcend time!

[Meg · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 read this for uni and it was horrible experience