Sonnet sequences and social distinction in Renaissance England /
Why were sonnet sequences popular in Renaissance England? In this study, Christopher Warley suggests that sonneteers created a vocabulary to describe, and to invent, new forms of social distinction before an explicit language of social class existed. The tensions inherent in the genre - between lyri...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2005. |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ;
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