The Cambridge Companion to the Sonnet Paperback / softback
Edited by A. D. (Macquarie University, Sydney) Cousins, Peter (Queen Mary University of London) Howarth
Part of the Cambridge Companions to Literature series
Paperback / softback
Description
Beginning with the early masters of the sonnet form, Dante and Petrarch, the Companion examines the reinvention of the sonnet across times and cultures, from Europe to America.
In doing so, it considers sonnets as diverse as those by William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth, George Herbert and e. e. cummings. The chapters explore how we think of the sonnet as a 'lyric' and what is involved in actually trying to write one.
The book includes a lively discussion between three distinguished contemporary poets - Paul Muldoon, Jeff Hilson and Meg Tyler - on the experience of writing a sonnet, and a chapter which traces the sonnet's diffusion across manuscript, print, screen and the internet.
A fresh and authoritative overview of this major poetic form, the Companion expertly guides the reader through the sonnet's history and development into the global multimedia phenomenon it is today.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; Printed music items
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:03/02/2011
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- ISBN:9780521735537
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:296 pages, Worked examples or Exercises; Printed music items
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:03/02/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521735537