Elizabethan Sonnets by Maurice Evans
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.
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)
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| ISBN 13 | 9780460873635 |
| ISBN 10 | 0460873636 |
| Title | Elizabethan Sonnets |
| Author | Maurice Evans |
| Series | Everyman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 1994-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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