spenser
spen ser
- n English poet who wrote an allegorical romance celebrating Elizabeth I in the Spenserian stanza (1552-1599)
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- Keeping the dust down
About half of the Black building in Portage is down after two days of work by Robinson Brothers of Waunakee. At right, Spenser Sharp sprays water on the rubble pile to keep the dust at a minimum, as excavator drivers Allan Yanke and Rick Struzynski work together to carefully pull down the building..
June 18, 2013 - Portage Daily Register - Spenser tradition continues in 'Wonderland'
When best-selling mystery writer Robert B. Parker died in 2010, he was mourned by longtime followers of his popular series starring Spenser, the iconic hard-working Boston private eye.
June 16, 2013 - DeWitt-Bath Review - Joan Parker, 80; writer and philanthropist was muse to her late husband, ‘Spenser’ novelist Robert B. Parker
A writer, philanthropist, and activist, Joan Parker was also a muse extraordinaire to her late husband, mystery writer Robert B. Parker, and the inspiration for Susan Silverman, the fictional girlfriend of Spenser, the private investigator who was her husband’s greatest creation. Mrs. Parker, who died Wednesday, was 80 and lived in Cambridge.
June 13, 2013 - Boston Globe
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- Nathan Fillion in Globe and Mail
Almost all my preparation has come from reading Clive Cussler, James Patterson and other mystery writers,said Fillion, 37. "Right now I'm deep into Robert Parker and the Spenser series. It started as research; now I'm reading them for... - William Wordsworth in guardian.co.uk
Milton's sonnets were a major influence on him, but Wordsworth writes neither the Miltonic sonnet of "soul-animating strains" nor "the glow-worm lamp" that "cheered mild Spenser", but a kind of combination.