Barnes's collection of sonnets, madrigals, elegies, and odes was published in 1593 and was the first of such collections to appear since Sir Philip Sidney's earlier Astrophel and Stella. Like Sidney's collection, Parthenophil and Parthenophe is a series of protestations of love, here of poems praising Parthenophe's beauty or persuading her to grant her love to Parthenophil. The volume concludes with a triple sestina in which the lover casts a magic spell on his mistress and consummates his love. Barnes's sonnets and ...
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Barnes's collection of sonnets, madrigals, elegies, and odes was published in 1593 and was the first of such collections to appear since Sir Philip Sidney's earlier Astrophel and Stella. Like Sidney's collection, Parthenophil and Parthenophe is a series of protestations of love, here of poems praising Parthenophe's beauty or persuading her to grant her love to Parthenophil. The volume concludes with a triple sestina in which the lover casts a magic spell on his mistress and consummates his love. Barnes's sonnets and other poems represent the combination of conventional Petrarchan idealism with the classical attitude toward eroticism. A long- neglected minor masterpiece of Elizabethan literature, Barnes's work emerges here in its first modern edition as a carefully structured trans formation of the Petrarchan genre which combines historical importance with intrinsic worth. In addition to his careful editing of the text, Mr. Doyno has provided substantial commentary on the poems, dealing with previously unknown sources, the rhetorical background, and various problems of interpretation. In addition, in his lengthy introduction he deals with the relevant biography of Barnes, his probable intentions in composing the sonnets, and the classical and renaissance background for the poems. Mr. Doyno's introduction is the first detailed critical evaluation of Barnes's work, and, like his edition of Parthenophil and Parthenophe, is certain to stand as definitive for some time to come.
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Add this copy of Parthenophil and Parthenophe: a Critical Edition to cart. $52.00, very good condition, Sold by Lavendier Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Foster, RI, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Southern Illinois University Press.
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Very Good. Size: 8x5x1; Southern Illinois University Press; Carbondale, 1971. Hardcover. A Near Fine, blue binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some handling/rub marks to boards, top text block edge stained purple, bit of sunning to pages, trace handling marks/shelf wear, in a Very Good, some handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, sunning to spine and panel/flap margins and verso, small tear top rear panel edge, crease top rear flap corner, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 216pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
Add this copy of Parthenophil and Parthenophe: a Critical Edition to cart. $88.71, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1971 by Southern Illinois University P.
