Shepheardes Calender
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Shepheardes Calender is a 1579 pastoral poetry collection by Edmund Spenser that helped establish his reputation and is notable for its archaic language and allegorical commentary on Elizabethan society.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Shepheardes Calender | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Elizabethan literature
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pastoral poetry ⓘ poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsCharacter |
Colin Clout
NERFINISHED
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Hobbinol NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosalind NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Philip Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical poetry
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pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeSpelling | The Shepheardes Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommentaryBy | E.K. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Aprill eclogue
NERFINISHED
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August eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ December eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Februarye eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Januarye eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Julye eclogue ⓘ June eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Marche eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ Maye eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ November eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ October eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ September eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| helpedEstablishReputationOf | Edmund Spenser NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | The Faerie Queene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Theocritus
NERFINISHED
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Virgilian eclogues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Early Modern English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | eclogue ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical commentary on Elizabethan society
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archaic language ⓘ use of multiple dialects ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 12 ⓘ |
| period | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| publicationDate | 1579 ⓘ |
| publisher | Hugh Singleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | twelve eclogues ⓘ |
| theme |
Elizabethan society
NERFINISHED
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love ⓘ pastoral life ⓘ politics ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| usesMeter | varied stanza forms ⓘ |
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The Shepheardes Calender