Title: The development of the sonnet
First published: 1992
Description: 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.
Subjects: English Sonnets, English poetry, History, History and criticism, Italian influences, Literary Criticism, Nonfiction, Sonnet, Sonnets, English, Sonnets, history and criticism, Sonnets, English poetry, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700, POETRY, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Early modern
Time periods: Early modern, 1500-1700
LC classification: PR539.S7 S65 1992