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How many eclogues are included in The Shepheardes Calender?
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Edmund Spenser
Edmund Spenser, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the collection of Pembroke College, Cambridge, England.
The Shepheardes Calender, a seminal work by Edmund Spenser, includes 12 eclogues—one for each month of the year.1