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Michael Drayton, transitional sonneteer : The place of Drayton in English Renaissance sonnet development
| dc.contributor.advisor | Archer, Stanley L. | |
| dc.creator | Bolieu, Louis Sherman | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-08T18:15:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-01-08T18:15:40Z | |
| dc.date.created | 1973 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1972 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/DISSERTATIONS-181891 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The inquiry of critics into Drayton's Idea sonnet sequence has largely been confined to three areas -- the sonnets' originality, their autobiographical content, and their evaluation--but many readers have been struck by the sonnets' high drama. The purpose of this study is to analyze the sixty-three sonnets of Idea to characterize the devices that give them dramatic force, and thus to determine, by comparing Drayton's practice in sonnet writing to that of his contemporaries, whether Drayton made a unique contribution to the sonnet form. ... | en |
| dc.format.extent | 210 leaves | en |
| dc.format.medium | electronic | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | This thesis was part of a retrospective digitization project authorized by the Texas A&M University Libraries. Copyright remains vested with the author(s). It is the user's responsibility to secure permission from the copyright holder(s) for re-use of the work beyond the provision of Fair Use. | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.subject | English | en |
| dc.title | Michael Drayton, transitional sonneteer : The place of Drayton in English Renaissance sonnet development | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | English | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Texas A&M University | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Barker, Donald G. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Barzak, Robert W. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Becka, Richard | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Hierth, Harrison E. | |
| dc.type.genre | dissertations | en |
| dc.type.material | text | en |
| dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
| dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries |
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