Spenser’s The Shepherd’s Calender, published in 1579, was dedicated to
Correct Answer :
Sidney
Solution :
The correct option is Sidney.
Edmund Spenser's famous work, The Shepheardes Calender, published in 1579, was dedicated to his close friend and patron, Sir Philip Sidney.
This dedication is explicitly marked in the introductory poem to the work, where Spenser directs his "booke" to "the noble and vertuous Gentleman most worthy of all titles both of learning and chevalrie M. Philip Sidney."
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