A Century Of Sonnets: The Romantic-era Revival 1750-1850
by Daniel Robinson /
1999 / English / PDF
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A Century of Sonnets
A Century of Sonnets is a striking reminder that some of
the best known and most well-respected poems of the Romantic era
were sonnets. It presents the broad and rich context of such
favorites as Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymanidas," John Keats's "On
First Looking Into Chapman's Homer," and William Wordsworth's
"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" by tracing the sonnet revival in
England from its beginning in the hands of Thomas Edwards and
Charlotte Smith to its culmination in the poetry of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
is a striking reminder that some of
the best known and most well-respected poems of the Romantic era
were sonnets. It presents the broad and rich context of such
favorites as Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ozymanidas," John Keats's "On
First Looking Into Chapman's Homer," and William Wordsworth's
"Composed Upon Westminster Bridge" by tracing the sonnet revival in
England from its beginning in the hands of Thomas Edwards and
Charlotte Smith to its culmination in the poetry of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Expertly edited by Paula R. Feldman and Daniel Robinson, this
volume is the first in modern times to collect the sonnets of the
Romantic period--many never before published in the twentieth
century--and contains nearly five hundred examples composed between
1750 and 1850 by 81 poets, nearly half of them women.
Expertly edited by Paula R. Feldman and Daniel Robinson, this
volume is the first in modern times to collect the sonnets of the
Romantic period--many never before published in the twentieth
century--and contains nearly five hundred examples composed between
1750 and 1850 by 81 poets, nearly half of them women.A Century
of Sonnets
A Century
of Sonnets includes in their entirety such important but
difficult to find sonnet sequences as William Wordsworth's
includes in their entirety such important but
difficult to find sonnet sequences as William Wordsworth'sThe
River Duddon
The
River Duddon, Mary Robinson's
, Mary Robinson'sSappho and Phaon
Sappho and Phaon, and
Robert Southey's
, and
Robert Southey'sPoems on the Slave Trade,
Poems on the Slave Trade, along with
Browning's enduring classic,
along with
Browning's enduring classic,Sonnets from the
Sonnets from thePortuguese.
Portuguese. The poems collected here express the full
sweep of human emotion and explore a wide range of themes,
including love, grief, politics, friendship, nature, art, and the
enigmatic character of poetry itself. Indeed, for many poets the
sonnet form elicited their strongest work.
The poems collected here express the full
sweep of human emotion and explore a wide range of themes,
including love, grief, politics, friendship, nature, art, and the
enigmatic character of poetry itself. Indeed, for many poets the
sonnet form elicited their strongest work.A Century of Sonnets
A Century of Sonnets shows us that far from disappearing
with Shakespeare and the English Renaissance, the sonnet underwent
a remarkable rebirth in the Romantic period, giving us a rich body
of work that continues to influence poets even today.
shows us that far from disappearing
with Shakespeare and the English Renaissance, the sonnet underwent
a remarkable rebirth in the Romantic period, giving us a rich body
of work that continues to influence poets even today.