Discover the complete works in one compact edition: Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender with a scholarly gloss and modern notes.
This volume presents The Shepheards Calender and its glosses as they appeared in 1597, with the extensive “Various Readings” from earlier quartos (1579–1591) preserved and annotated. Edited to reproduce the 1597 text in near‑authentic form, it also offers a Life, a glossary, notes, and illustrations to help readers understand the poems in their historical context.
Inside, you’ll find careful editorial work that records variant readings, explains textual choices, and provides scholarly apparatus to illuminate the pastoral verse. The edition also includes facsimiles of original wood‑cut illustrations and relevant plates where available, making it valuable for study of Spenser’s early work and its reception.
- Editorial note: the text aims for 1597 accuracy, with notes on variants from 1579 onward.
- Notes and illustrations that connect the poem to its Glossary and historical settings.
- Facsimiles and plates that reproduce the visual material from key editions.
Ideal for readers of early English poetry, Spenser scholars, and students seeking a richly annotated, historically grounded edition.