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The Development of the Sonnet: An Introduction

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.

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historyhistoryMore like thisLess of thisliterary criticismliterary criticismMore like thisLess of this
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IrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of thisScotlandScotlandMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 252 pages
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poetrypoetryMore like thisLess of this

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