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The Influence Of Spenser's Irish Residence On The Faerie Queene., Ellen Mcdowell Davis
The Influence Of Spenser's Irish Residence On The Faerie Queene., Ellen Mcdowell Davis
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The departure of Spenser for Ireland in 1580 as secretary to Lord Grey of Wilton, newly appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, marks a significant point in the poet's career. Save for occasional trips to England, the remaining years of his life Spenser spent in this "salvage land", among a hostile and turbulent people, far from the brilliance of English court life and "Elisa's blessed fields." The appointment to service in Ireland seems to have been a disappointment to the poet who had shortly before thought himself assured of an official career in England under the patronage of Leicester. In October …