Spenser's Amoretti
Author | : William Clarence Johnson |
Publisher | : Associated University Presse |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1990 |
ISBN-10 | : 0838751644 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780838751640 |
Rating | : 4/5 (640 Downloads) |
Download or read book Spenser's Amoretti written by William Clarence Johnson and published by Associated University Presse. This book was released on 1990 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work analyzes Spenser's setting of the entire Amoretti courtship against a backdrop of sacred time and his efforts to demonstrate the interpenetration of the divine and the human. The eighty-nine sonnets are shown to be sequential in their complex pattern of balanced themes, structural frameworks, developing images, and clusters of etymological wordplay.