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Title: Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris
Note: Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents: Idea, by Michael Drayton -- Fidessa, by Bartholomew Griffin -- Chloris, by William Smith.
Credits: E-text prepared by David Starner, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa, and Chloris" is a compilation of sonnet cycles edited by Martha Foote Crow, likely created in the late 19th century. The collection features works by three poets: Michael Drayton, Bartholomew Griffin, and William Smith, highlighting the themes of love and longing characteristic of the Elizabethan era. Each cycle presents a unique exploration of passion and desire, with Drayton’s "Idea" reflecting his unrequited love, Griffin's "Fidesa" focusing on the tension between love and cruelty, and Smith's "Chloris" portraying the sorrowful devotion of an enamored shepherd. The opening of the book introduces the individual cycles, beginning with "Idea," where Michael Drayton recounts his heart-wrenching devotion to a woman he calls Idea, evolving over years of silent longing. It delves into his artistic journey, emphasizing the progression of his emotions and poetic craft through various iterations of his sonnets. Following this, the introduction to "Fidesa" presents Bartholomew Griffin, who reflects on the complexities of love through a lens of playful yet poignant longing, while "Chloris" reveals William Smith's perspective on heartache as a shepherd is left mourning unreciprocated affection. Each work embodies the struggles of love that resonate deeply across time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631
Author: Griffin, Bartholomew, -1602
Author: Smith, William, active 1596
Editor: Crow, Martha Foote, 1854-1924
EBook No.: 15448
Published: Mar 24, 2005
Downloads: 156
Language: English
Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
Subject: Sonnets, English
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris
Note: Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Contents: Idea, by Michael Drayton -- Fidessa, by Bartholomew Griffin -- Chloris, by William Smith.
Credits: E-text prepared by David Starner, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Summary: "Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa, and Chloris" is a compilation of sonnet cycles edited by Martha Foote Crow, likely created in the late 19th century. The collection features works by three poets: Michael Drayton, Bartholomew Griffin, and William Smith, highlighting the themes of love and longing characteristic of the Elizabethan era. Each cycle presents a unique exploration of passion and desire, with Drayton’s "Idea" reflecting his unrequited love, Griffin's "Fidesa" focusing on the tension between love and cruelty, and Smith's "Chloris" portraying the sorrowful devotion of an enamored shepherd. The opening of the book introduces the individual cycles, beginning with "Idea," where Michael Drayton recounts his heart-wrenching devotion to a woman he calls Idea, evolving over years of silent longing. It delves into his artistic journey, emphasizing the progression of his emotions and poetic craft through various iterations of his sonnets. Following this, the introduction to "Fidesa" presents Bartholomew Griffin, who reflects on the complexities of love through a lens of playful yet poignant longing, while "Chloris" reveals William Smith's perspective on heartache as a shepherd is left mourning unreciprocated affection. Each work embodies the struggles of love that resonate deeply across time. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Drayton, Michael, 1563-1631
Author: Griffin, Bartholomew, -1602
Author: Smith, William, active 1596
Editor: Crow, Martha Foote, 1854-1924
EBook No.: 15448
Published: Mar 24, 2005
Downloads: 156
Language: English
Subject: English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
Subject: Sonnets, English
LoCC: Language and Literatures: English literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.