The theatricality of Mary Wroth's Pamphilia to Amphilanthus : unmasking conventions in context /
O'Hara, Susan Lauffer,1950-
Selinsgrove, Pa. : Susquehanna University Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references p. (258-268) and index.
Pt. 1. The traditional sonnet sequence (Section 1: Sonnets P1-P55) -- "[A]nd doth fill / noe eye with wunder more": the presence of amphilanthus and the negation of idealized constancy -- "Into my loving soule, his grace to knowe": pamphilia defined -- pt. 2. The double masque (Sections 2 and 3: Sonnets P56-P103) -- "The spring of joy, whose streames with bliss showld flow": the tyranny of amphilanthus -- "And burne, yett burning you will love the smart": ideal love and the negation of marriage -- "For soone will hee your strength beeguile": pamphilia's subversive text.
Wroth, Mary, Lady, approximately 1586-approximately 1640
Sonnets, English