Shakespeare and the English Renaissance Sonnet: Verses of Feigning Love

by P. Innes

Overview

This book is an analysis of the sonnet in the English Renaissance. It especially traces the relations between Shakespeare's sonnets and the ways in which other writers use the form. It looks at how the poetry fits into the historical situation at the time, with regard to images of the family and of women. Its exploration of these issues is informed by much recent work in critical theory, which it tries to make as accessible as possible.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333683712
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	08/04/1997
Series:	Verses of Feigning Love
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART 1 - Beginnings: Wyatt and Surrey - Sequences and Others - Shakespeare 1-17 - PART 2 - The Young Friend - The Poetic Persona - The 'Dark Lady' Sonnets - Conclusion - Notes - Bibliography - Index