- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Allen Lane (19 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0713995297
- ISBN-13: 978-0713995299
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.7 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 947,590 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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One of the oldest literary forms of the post-classical world, the sonnet has engaged nearly every well-known poet writing in a Western language. This collection reveals how each writer - from William Wordsworth to Wilfred Owen - met the challenge of transforming an inherited pattern and convention. The result is like a living conversation between past and present. In a fascinating and extensive introduction, Levin traces the origins of the sonnet back to Italy, and follows its development from the Elizabethan era to the Romantic and Victorian, later discussing its popularity among the poets of the Harlem Renaissance and the poets of the Great War.
About the Author
Phillis Levin is a Professor at the University of Maryland, and a published poet.
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A varied selection of sonnets from 1304 up-to-date. For me it was a wonderful experience of re-aquainting with old 'loves' and being introduced to new. It also widened my knowledge of what a sonnet is and it's not always what you explect. So many writers I'd never heard of and certainly will be looking for in the future. Have just ordered an American poet's - Beth Ann Fennelly's - book of verse entitled,'Unmentionables'after having read her inclusion in the book of sonnets. Her elegant wit, her subversive wordplay and sheer insouciant irreverance is a delight.
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