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The development of the sonnet

by Michael R. G. Spiller · 1992

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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.

English SonnetsEnglish poetryHistoryHistory and criticismItalian influencesLiterary CriticismNonfictionSonnetSonnets, EnglishSonnets, history and criticismSonnetsEnglish poetry, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700