Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

By Wroth, Lady Mary

Book Id: WPLBN0002950132
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Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
Author:	Wroth, Lady Mary
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
Historic Publication Date:	1621
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Mary Wroth, B. L. (1621). Pamphilia to Amphilanthus. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Pamphilia to Amphilanthus is the first sonnet sequence written by an Englishwoman. Published in 1621, the poems invert the usual format of sonnet sequences by making the speaker a woman (Pamphilia, whose name means all-loving) and the beloved a man (Amphilanthus, whose name means lover of two.). It is possible that Wroth based the story on her own fraught relationship with her cousin, William Herbert. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett.)

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