The Development of the Sonnet : An Introduction
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415087414
ISBN-13
9780415087414
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 3rd, 1992
Print length
252 Pages
Weight
370 grams
Dimensions
23.20 x 15.30 x 1.50 cms
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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.
In this indispensible introductory study of the sonnet, Michael R.G. Spiller takes the reader on an illuminating guided tour. He begins with the invention of the sonnet in thirteenth-century Italy and traces its progress through to the time of Milton, showing how the form has developed and acquired the capacity to express lyrically ''the nature of the desiring self''. In doing so he provides a concise critical account of the major British sonnet writers in relation to the sonnet''s history. Tailor-made for students'' needs, this will be an essential purchase for anyone studying this enduring poetic form. Poets covered include: Petrarch, Wyatt, Sidney, Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton and Dante.
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