252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Poets examined include: Petrarch, Dante, Wyatt, Sidney, Shakespeare, Spenser, Milton
Biography
Michael R. G. Spiller
`This work is an important basic text for students of the English adaption of the form.' - Sidney Newsletter and Journal
