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Elizabethan Sonnets (Everyman)

Elizabethan Sonnets (Everyman)

by Maurice Evans (Editor)

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    Paperback 1994

    $3.25

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    Paperback 1977

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Synopsis

The English sonneteers of the sixteenth century created some of the most haunting poetry in any language, their verses as beautifully crafted as they are intensely personal. The depth of their poetic passion is matched only by their love for the language itself: the longings of the heart have never found fuller, more perfect expression. From the virtuosity of Sidney's 'Astrophel and Stella' to the quiet solemnity of Spenser's 'Amoretti'; from the homoerotic muse of Barnfield to the feminine Petrarchanism of Lady Mary Wroth, this extraordinary anthology brings together works by some of the greatest poets of the Elizabethan age to show the astonishing possibilities of the sonnet form.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 336
 Edition: New
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 05 May 1994
ISBN 10: 0460873636
ISBN 13: 9780460873635
Book Overview: To be reissued as part of the Phoenix Elizabeth 1 promotion - to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Elizabeth's death An exhibition marking the life and times of the Virgin Queen will appear at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich between May 1 - September 14 2003. The collection of personal items, paintings and other relics linked with the monarch is the largest ever assembled A title which is unique to Everyman A collection of some of the finest verse in English Includes introduction, notes, index and chronologies of the sonnet and the poets' times

Author Bio
Maurice Evans was Emeritus Professor English, University of Exeter. His works include English Poetry in the Sixteenth Century (1955); Spenser's Anatomy of Heroism (1970); and an edition of Sidney's Arcadia (1977)