The Faire Queen

There is so much to say about this. The first thing that comes to mind is that I am slightly surprised that this has made it into literature textbooks. Spenser is not that great of a writer in my opinion. I'm not saying that "I'm far better then this babbling fool, ho ho, "but that his writing isn't that entertaining, it doesn't have a lot of depth, he's obviously sucking up, he's obviously delusional about his talent, and that I didn't find it to be very original. I am surprised that Elizabeth gave him any patronage at all. I will say that I don't know who his competitors were, but I still fail to see his significant mark on history that makes him worth studying. This could be that we just haven't covered that part in class yet or that later authors found him to be useful in their own climb to greatness or something else entirely. I think I would appreciate his work more if he accepted himself as a struggling poet of his time, but the fact that he considers himself akin to Chaucer is a big turn off for me. I hope we'll soon find out exactly what was so special about this poet because at this point I am not a fan of his.