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

Representing five centuries of the sonnet tradition in the English language, this illuminating anthology features more than six hundred sonnets from notable poets representing the Elizabethan, Romantic, and Victorian eras, as well as writers of the Harlem Renaissance and contemporary authors, accompanied by an authoritative critical analysis of the history of the sonnet form, biographical and explanatory notes, and indexes. Original.