I'm following the "Marx & Spenser" article in the Encyclopedia: Marx's _Ethnological Notebooks_, ed. Krader (1972), from his notes on Henry Sumner Main's _Lectures on the Early History of Institutions_ (1875), which uses Spenser's _Vewe_ to give an account of Ireland.
I suspect that Marx only had that second-hand knowledge of Spenser and his reputation, though I'd be interested to hear if he'd read more.
John D. Staines
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Subject: Eizabeth's flatterer
Does anyone have a reference for the attack on Spenser as the Queen's "ass-licking poet"? I've heard it attributed to Marx,
but I can't find it.
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