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Yes, the Calendar is indeed in the 1611 Works. Roger Kuin, English York University, Toronto -----Original Message----- From: Anne Prescott <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: October 12, 2000 2:39 PM Subject: Re: Spenser author of SC? >It remains possible, though, that Webbe was himself being less than >serious. What Peter says is worth pondering, but I simply can't believe >that by Burton's day anybody was seriously confused. By now Spenser's >authorship was common knowledge, as witness the frequency with which >spenser is called "Colin." Wasn't the SC in the 1611 *Works*? I write >separatd from my scholarly materials and feel terribly embarrassed not to >remember this, esp. as I have examined not one but two copies of that >edition. Anne Prescott. > >On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Peter C. Herman wrote: > >> >> Someone in this thread (forgive me, I forget who) mentioned that >> Spenser's authorship of the SC was a secret all over the block, even >> though the author is never identified by name in the book itself. >> However, Spenser's authorship of the Calender was, if known to some, >> unknown to others. The Yale Edition of the Shorter Poems of Edmund >> Spenser, for example, reproduces the title page to Robert Burton's copy >> of the Calender, and directly underneath the title Burton mistakenly >> ascribes the "twelve Aeglogues proportionable to the twelve >> monethes"--not the commentary--to "E. K." Also, William Webbe reported >> in A Discourse of English Poetry (1586) that he made a concerted but >> unsuccessful effort to discover the New Poet's identity. Clearly, some >> people were not in on the joke, and as Webbe writes, people refused to >> tell him the author. >> >> Peter C. Herman >> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%