Since I was the first to respond to the question of Spenser's authorship of
The Shepheardes Calender that has now turned into the question of his
sexual orientation, it is appropriate at a time when Canadians are grieving
the death of a former prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, to cite his claim
that ‘the state has no business in the bedrooms of the nation' and add that
neither has literary criticism. The meeting of the minds of Spenser,
Sidney, and Marlowe concerns students of English literature, not any
possible meeting of their bodies. A.C. Hamilton
A.C.Hamilton
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Cappon Professor Emeritus
Queen's University, Canada
Phone & Fax: 613- 544-6759
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