{"product_id":"sonnets-john-hollander-9780375411779","title":"Sonnets: From Dante to the Present","description":"\"A sonnet is a moment's monument,\" said Dante Gabriel Rossetti in a sonnet about sonnets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sonnets in this collection--whether they capture moments of perception, recognition, despair, or celebration--reveal how great an amount of feeling, insight, and experience can be concentrated into a mere fourteen lines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are classics such as Milton's \"On His Blindness,\" Yeats's \"Leda and the Swan,\" and Frost's \"The Oven Bird,\" juxtaposed with the mischievous wit of Rupert Brooke's \"Sonnet Reversed,\" the lyric defiance of Mona Van Duyn's \"Caring for Surfaces,\" and the comic poignancy of Philip Larkin's \"To Failure.\" From the lovelorn laments of Dante and Petrarch to the artful heights of Sidney, Spenser, and Shakespeare, from the masterpieces of Wordsworth and Keats to the innovations of Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens, and James Merrill, the sonnet has proved both versatile and enduring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis delightful anthology displays the incredible range and power of the verse form that has inspired poets across the centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hollander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375411771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375411779\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/27\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.40w x 0.70d","brand":"John Hollander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44080009249023,"sku":"9780375411779","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c21683f2-ad23-45a1-8010-0c1e7580a593.jpg?v=1685484424","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sonnets-john-hollander-9780375411779","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}