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100 1 _aCrow, Martha Foote,
_d1854-1924
245 1 0 _aElizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2005-03-24
505 0 _aIdea, by Michael Drayton -- Fidessa, by Bartholomew Griffin -- Chloris, by William Smith.
508 _aE-text prepared by David Starner, Melissa Er-Raqabi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEnglish poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
653 _aSonnets, English
700 1 _aDrayton, Michael,
_d1563-1631
700 1 _aGriffin, Bartholomew,
_d-1602
700 1 _aSmith, William, active 1596
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15448
999 _c56836
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