The Spenser Encyclopedia

This masterly work ought to be The Elizabethan Encyclopedia, and no less. - Cahiers Elizabethains
Edmund Spenser remains one of Britains most famous poets. With nearly 700 entries this Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive one-stop reference tool for:
* appreciating Spensers poetry in the context of his age and our own
* understanding the language, themes and characters of the poems
* easy to find entries arranged by subject.