The Development of the Sonnet: An Introduction

By Michael R.G. Spiller

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415087414
• ISBN13: 9780415087414
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"