Edmund Spenser’s notable works and their publication years:
1. The Shepheardes Calender (1579) – A collection of poems, Spenser’s first published work.
2. The Faerie Queene (1590-1596) – Spenser’s masterpiece, an epic poem in six books.
3. Complaints (1591) – A collection of poems, including “The Ruines of Time” and “The Tears of the Muses”.
4. Daphnaïda (1591) – A pastoral elegy.
5. Colin Clouts Come Home Againe (1595) – A poem, part of Spenser’s “tragicall” works.
6. Astrophel (1595) – A pastoral elegy.
7. The Prothalamion (1596) – A wedding poem.
8. Amoretti (1595) – A sonnet sequence.
9. Epithalamion (1595) – A wedding poem.
10. Four Hymns (1596) – A collection of poems.
11. Prose works:
– A View of the Present State of Ireland (1596, published 1633)
– The Faerie Queene (dedication and commentary, 1596)
Note: The exact publication years of Spenser’s works are not certain, as some were circulated in manuscript form during his lifetime and were not printed until after his death.
