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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823999003321

Autore

Spiller Michael R. G.

Titolo

The development of the sonnet : an introduction / / Michael R. G. Spiller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992

ISBN

9780203401507

1-134-88287-4

1-134-88288-2

1-138-13168-7

1-280-07375-6

0-203-40150-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Disciplina

809.1

821/.04209

Soggetti

English poetry

Sonnet

Sonnets, English

English poetry - History and criticism - Early modern, 1500-1700

Sonnets, English - History and criticism

Sonnets, English - Italian influences

English

Languages & Literatures

English Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.