ELIZABETHAN SONNET CYCLES

Five Major Elizabethan Sonnet Sequences by Samuel Daniel, Michael Drayton, Sir Philip Sidney, William Shakespeare and Edmund Spenser.

A collection of five major sonnet sequences from the Elizabethan era by some of the great poets of the period: Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton, Samuel Daniel and William Shakespeare. Each sonnet cycle is love poetry, and some of the finest verse in the English language: Sidney's 'Astrophel and Stella', Daniel's 'Delia', Drayton's 'Idea', Spenser's 'Amoretti', and Shakespeare's 'Sonnets'.

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Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. The Shepheardes Calender was Edmund Spenser's first major poetic work, published in 1579. In emulation of Virgil's first work, the Eclogues, Spenser wrote this series of pastorals to begin his career. However, Spenser's models were rather the Renaissance eclogues of Mantuanus. The title, like the entire work, is...

Originally published in 1919, this book contains three stories taken from Spenser's The Faerie Queene: the story of the Knight of the Red Cross or of Holiness, the story of Sir Guyon or of Temperance, and the story of Britomart. Minna Steele Smith supplies an introduction with background on Spenser's life, the stories in his unfinished epic and his use of allegory. All the stories are written in readable, modern English. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in early modern poetry.

Originally published in 1907, this book contains the text of Edmund Spenser's philosophical 'Fowre Hymnes'. Winstanley's introduction and notes detail the heavy influence of Platonic philosophy on Spenser's writings, particularly the role and function of the various kinds of love. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Spenser's works and in Elizabethan poetry.

Estos Cuatro Himnos (Fowre Hymnes) podrian titularse alternativamente sin duda Himnos a More (More Hymnes). Ese era, al menos, el proposito personalisimo del poeta enamorado John Donne (aka Edmund Spenser) recien llegado de su aventura en Espana. Que luego este matrimonio truncara su estelar carrera profesional y le dejara abandonado, deprimido y al borde de la desolacion y el suicidio, es el precio que pago por su atrevimiento y audacia al casarse con una aristocrata menor de edad sin el permiso paterno. Pero como dijo Virgilio, omnia vincit amor. A resultas de esa crisis personal, compondra...

"Stories from the Faerie Queen" from Edmund Spenser. English poet (1552-1599).

"Tales from Spenser" from Edmund Spenser. English poet (1552-1599).

"The Faerie Queene Book I" from Edmund Spenser. English poet (1552-1599).

"The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser Volume V" from Edmund Spenser. English poet (1552-1599).