The Sonnet

by: Regan, S.

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The first comprehensive study of the sonnet from the Renaissance to the present
Coverage of writers from Britain, Ireland, and America
Clear and careful discussion of the sonnet form
Extensive range of poets, including Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Keats, Auden, and Heaney
Detailed critical analysis of many individual poems

Description
The Sonnet provides a comprehensive study of one of the oldest and most popular forms of poetry, widely used by Shakespeare, Milton, and Wordsworth, and still used centuries later by poets such as Seamus Heaney, Tony Harrison, and Carol Ann Duffy. This book traces the development of the sonnet from its origins in medieval Italy to its widespread acceptance in modern Britain, Ireland, and America. It shows how the sonnet emerges from the aristocratic courtly centres of Renaissance Europe and gradually becomes the chosen form of radical political poets such as Milton. The book draws on detailed critical analysis of some of the best-known sonnets written in English to explain how the sonnet functions as a poetic form, and it argues that the flexibility and versatility of the sonnet have given it a special place in literary history and tradition.

Table of Contents
Introduction
1: The Renaissance Sonnet
2: The Romantic Sonnet
3: The Victorian Sonnet
4: The Irish Sonnet
5: The American Sonnet
6: The Modern Sonnet
Epilogue: The Sonnet and its Travels
Bibliography

The Sonnet

by: Regan, S.

• ISBN-13: 9780192893079 / 978-0-19-289307-9
• ISBN-03: 0192893076 / 0-19-289307-6
• Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019

Price: 112,75 EURO

1 copy in stock