Book review of "Constructing Sonnet Sequences in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance: A Study of Six Poets" by Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawyers. Lewiston, NY, USA, Mellen Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780773437661

Taylor, Cheryl (2012) Book review of "Constructing Sonnet Sequences in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance: A Study of Six Poets" by Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawyers. Lewiston, NY, USA, Mellen Press, 2010. ISBN: 9780773437661. Parergon, 29 (2). pp. 257-259.

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[Extract] This book undoubtedly meets the single criterion that the Edwin Mellen Press says it applies to its publications: 'So Mellen's ONLY concern is what new idea an author intends "to contribute to scholarship"' (see http://www.mellenpress.com/newsteps.cfm). The new idea in Constructing Sonnet Sequences consists in establishing the 'ambiguous, polyvalent characterisation of the first-person voice' (p. 289) in sonnet sec1uences by Petrarch, Sidney, Spenser, Drayton, Daniel, and Shakespeare. The book argues that this 'splintered identification' produces the reader's involvement with the characters and his or her perception of the sequences as integral works.

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Copyright Information: COPYRIGHT 2012 Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
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