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

• Autore: Spiller Michael R. G.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (255 p.)
• Disciplina: 809.1; 821/.04209
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The development of the sonnet
• ISBN: 9780203401507; 1-134-88287-4; 1-134-88288-2; 1-138-13168-7; 1-280-07375-6; 0-203-40150-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783816703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II