To whom was Spenser's The Shepheardes Calender (1579) dedicated?
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Correct answer: C. Sidney
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The twelve eclogues, glossed by the mysterious 'E. K.', are dedicated 'To the noble and vertuous Gentleman… Maister Philip Sidney'.
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