Which poet authored The Faerie Queene?

Which poet authored The Faerie Queene?

• A. Geoffrey Chaucer
• B. Edmund Spenser
• C. John Milton
• D. William Shakespeare

Answer: (B)

Edmund Spenser is the poet who wrote The Faerie Queene. This grand allegorical epic from the Elizabethan era is one of his most famous works and helped shape English epic poetry, notable for its intricate allegory and the distinctive Spenserian stanza it uses. Chaucer is from an earlier time and wrote The Canterbury Tales; Milton is renowned for Paradise Lost; Shakespeare is celebrated for his plays and sonnets. The Faerie Queene embodies Virtue and other moral ideals through fantastical journeys, reflecting the culture and politics of Elizabeth I’s reign, which is why Spenser is the author most closely associated with it.

Edmund Spenser is the poet who wrote The Faerie Queene. This grand allegorical epic from the Elizabethan era is one of his most famous works and helped shape English epic poetry, notable for its intricate allegory and the distinctive Spenserian stanza it uses. Chaucer is from an earlier time and wrote The Canterbury Tales; Milton is renowned for Paradise Lost; Shakespeare is celebrated for his plays and sonnets. The Faerie Queene embodies Virtue and other moral ideals through fantastical journeys, reflecting the culture and politics of Elizabeth I’s reign, which is why Spenser is the author most closely associated with it.