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

By:

Spiller, Michael R. G

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.Description: x, 241 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781032031149
0415087414 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

821.042 20 SPI

Contents:

COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE PREFACE 1: THE SONNET AND ITS SPACE 2: SICILIANS AND CITIZENS: THE EARLY SONNET 3: ‘MAKING THE AIR TREMBLE WITH CLARITY’: THE STILNOVISTI 4: PETRARCH: ‘THE GOOD WEAVER OF LOVE VERSES’ 5: THE FORTUNATE ISLES: THE SONNET MOVES ABROAD 6: WYATT, SURREY AND THEIR LEGACY 7: ‘I AM NOT I’: THE SONNETS OF SIDNEY 8: THE ELIZABETHAN SONNET VOGUE AND SPENSER 9: ‘THEE (MY SELFE)’: THE SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE 10: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: HERBERT, DRUMMOND AND MILTON APPENDIX PUBLICATION DATES OF BRITISH SONNET SEQUENCES NOTES 1: THE SONNET AND ITS SPACE 2: SICILIANS AND CITIZENS: THE EARLY SONNET 3: ‘MAKING THE AIR TREMBLE WITH CLARITY’: THE STILNOVISTI 4: PETRARCH: ‘THE GOOD WEAVER OF LOVE VERSES’ 5: THE FORTUNATE ISLES: THE SONNET MOVES ABROAD 6: WYATT, SURREY AND THEIR LEGACY 7: ‘I AM NOT I’: THE SONNETS OF SIDNEY 8: THE ELIZABETHAN SONNET VOGUE AND SPENSER 9: ‘THEE (MY SELFE)’: THE SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE 10: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: HERBERT, DRUMMOND AND MILTON BIBLIOGRAPHY

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-233) and index.

COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
PREFACE
1: THE SONNET AND ITS SPACE
2: SICILIANS AND CITIZENS: THE EARLY SONNET
3: ‘MAKING THE AIR TREMBLE WITH CLARITY’: THE STILNOVISTI
4: PETRARCH: ‘THE GOOD WEAVER OF LOVE VERSES’
5: THE FORTUNATE ISLES: THE SONNET MOVES ABROAD
6: WYATT, SURREY AND THEIR LEGACY
7: ‘I AM NOT I’: THE SONNETS OF SIDNEY
8: THE ELIZABETHAN SONNET VOGUE AND SPENSER
9: ‘THEE (MY SELFE)’: THE SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE
10: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: HERBERT, DRUMMOND AND MILTON
APPENDIX PUBLICATION DATES OF BRITISH SONNET SEQUENCES
NOTES
1: THE SONNET AND ITS SPACE
2: SICILIANS AND CITIZENS: THE EARLY SONNET
3: ‘MAKING THE AIR TREMBLE WITH CLARITY’: THE STILNOVISTI
4: PETRARCH: ‘THE GOOD WEAVER OF LOVE VERSES’
5: THE FORTUNATE ISLES: THE SONNET MOVES ABROAD
6: WYATT, SURREY AND THEIR LEGACY
7: ‘I AM NOT I’: THE SONNETS OF SIDNEY
8: THE ELIZABETHAN SONNET VOGUE AND SPENSER
9: ‘THEE (MY SELFE)’: THE SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE
10: THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY: HERBERT, DRUMMOND AND MILTON
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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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