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The development of the sonnet : an introduction / Michael R. G. Spiller.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Spiller, Michael R. G., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry.
- Sonnet.
- Sonnets, English.
- English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- Sonnets, English--History and criticism.
- Sonnets, English--Italian influences.
- Local Subjects:
- English poetry.
- Sonnet.
- Sonnets, English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (255 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Traces the development of the sonnet from its invention in the early Italian Renaissance to the time of John Milton, showing how the form has developed and acquired the capacity to express lyrically the nature of the desiring self.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; THE SONNET AND ITS SPACE; SICILIANS AND CITIZENS: THE EARLY SONNET; 'MAKING THE AIR TREMBLE WITH CLARITY': THE STILNOVISTI; PETRARCH: 'THE GOOD WEAVER OF LOVE VERSES'; THE FORTUNATE ISLES: THE SONNET MOVES ABROAD; WYATT, SURREY AND THEIR LEGACY; 'I AM NOT I': THE SONNETS OF SIDNEY; THE ELIZABETHAN SONNET VOGUE AND SPENSER; 'THEE (MY SELFE)': THE SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE; THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: HERBERT, DRUMMOND AND MILTON; PUBLICATION DATES OF BRITISH SONNET SEQUENCES; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780203401507
- 1-134-88287-4
- 1-134-88288-2
- 1-138-13168-7
- 1-280-07375-6
- 0-203-40150-6
- OCLC:
- 560258373
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