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Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

By Wroth, Lady Mary

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

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Mary Wroth, B. L. (1621). Pamphilia to Amphilanthus. Retrieved from http://www.self.gutenberg.org/


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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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