The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713995297 ISBN 13: 9780713995299

Publisher: Allen Lane, 2001

Synopsis

One of the oldest literary forms of the post-classical world, the sonnet has engaged nearly every well-known poet writing in a Western language. This collection reveals how each writer - from William Wordsworth to Wilfred Owen - met the challengeof transforming an inherited pattern and convention. The result is like a living conversation between past and present. In a fascinating and extensive introduction, Levin traces the origins of the sonnet back to Italy, and follows its developmentfrom the Elizabethan era to the Romantic and Victorian, later discussing its popularity among the poets of the Harlem Renaissance and the poets of the Great War.

About this title

About the Author:

Phillis Levin is a Professor at the University of Maryland, and a published poet.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0713995297
• ISBN 13: 9780713995299
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Levin Phillis