Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser: Edited With Critical Notes OF Spenser's life something may be learned from Official documents and from the writings Of his contemporaries, but the most valuable information is to be found in his poetry. The art of an idealist is in a peculiar sense the expression Of his mind and character, and Of his relation with the world about him and along with this intimate though Often intangible autobiography Spenser has incidentally recorded some details capable Of more definite interpretation. From a sonnet written in 1593, the year Of his courtship, a year which, he tells us, seems longer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.