Elizabethan Sonnets

A collection of some of the finest verse ever written in the English language--all released to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth I's death. The Elizabethan sonneteers created haunting and magnificent poetry, as beautifully crafted as they are intensely personal. From the virtuosity of Sidney's Astrophel and Stella to the quiet solemnity of Spenser's Amoretti, from the homoerotic muse of Barnfield to the feminine Petrarchism of Lady Mary Wroth, this extraordinary anthology reveals the astonishing possibilities of the sonnet. An introduction, notes, and chronologies of the sonnet and the poets' times provide additional illuminating context.

Literature & Fiction

Evans, Maurice

Poetry

Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN)

A collection of some of the finest verse ever written in the English language--all released to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth I's death. The Elizabethan sonneteers created haunting and magnificent poetry, as beautifully crafted as they are intensely personal. From the virtuosity of Sidney's Astrophel and Stella to the quiet solemnity of Spenser's Amoretti, from the homoerotic muse of Barnfield to the feminine Petrarchism of Lady Mary Wroth, this extraordinary anthology reveals the astonishing possibilities of the sonnet. An introduction, notes, and chronologies of the sonnet and the poets' times provide additional illuminating context.

Elizabethan Sonnets (Everyman's Library)

Booth, Ray

History & Criticism

Everymans Library

This book is a study of Spenser's conception of the nature of heroism and the way it is embodied in the separate books of The Faerie Queene. Professor Evans stresses the coherence of Spenser's scheme of virtues and examines the fusion of Christian symbol and classic myth through which the underlying Christian theme is expressed. He emphasises the didactic purpose of the poem, and the rhetorical method by which the allegory works upon the reader. It is his contention that Spenser completed his poem, and that The Faerie Queene as it stands presents an organic unity so firmly controlled that it is unprofitable to consider any book, canto or even single verse isolation from the poem as a whole. The complexity of the poetry which this study reveals suggests that Spenser has much in common with the metaphysicals, while the subtle dissection of human motive and behaviour within the poem would place him in closer relationship to the drama than is normally recognised.

Spenser's Anatomy of Heroism: A Commentary on 'The Faerie Queene'

British & Irish

Cambridge University Press

Lady Mary Brandon devoted her life to preventive medicine and the women's movement, but a falsified death certificate triggers an investigation, uncovering fraud and corruption in the heart of the British upper classes

The Brandon Papers

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)

The Le Bas Prize Essay of 1938 as it was issued in volume form. G. K. Chesterton's life is presented against the early background and influences, his orthodoxy and attachements to the Catholic Church are examined, followed by a summary of his novels, essays and poems and a scrutiny of his style and arguments.

G. K. Chesterton

Haskell House Pub Ltd

All This...and Evans Too!: A Memoir

Biographies & Memoirs

Univ of South Carolina Pr

Originally published in 1939, this book was formed from the Le Bas Prize Essay for 1938. Given the relatively concise nature of the text, biographical exposition is avoided in favour of a detailed analysis of Chesterton's philosophical standpoint and literary achievements. There are seven chapters discussing the following areas: 'Background and Influences'; 'Orthodoxy and the Catholic Church'; 'Political Beliefs'; 'The Novels'; 'The Essays'; 'The Poems'; 'Style and Argument'. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the works of Chesterton, philosophy and literary criticism.

The Aegis Of England: Or The Triumphs Of The Late War, As They Appear In The Thanks Of Parliament, Progressively Voted To The Navy And Army (1817)

Literary

Kessinger Publishing

History

Military

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

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