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Sidney's companion Fulke Greville was the first to attempt a sequence on Sidney’s model, launching Caelica with adoration of an elated beloved before transitioning into an intense account of seduction and betrayal. The narrative then shifts from earthly love towards a Calvinist experience of a 'dark night of the soul', culminating in a harrowing journey of humiliation for the speaker. Samuel Daniel, a young individual associated with Sidney's circle, published some sonnets alongside Astrophil and Stella's first edition; he later expanded these into Delia – a sequence that showcases the purest form of Petrarchan love amongst English sonnet sequences.
From 1592 to 1597, there was an influx of sonnet sequences from English poets, followed by another smaller burst in Scotland after James became king. These sequences persisted even as the genre faced ridicule; still, they were widely believed to be a gateway for poets' careers - sometimes successfully so. The Petrarchan assumption about the beloved's unreachable status fueled extravagant fantasizing on fleshly delights; Richard Barnfield's openly homoerotic sequence stands out in this category.
Mary Wroth, Sidney’s niece, concluded with Pamphilia to Amphilanthus in 1621 – a Neoplatonic adoration sequence that has often been overlooked. Its emotional depth greatly increases when considering her tumultuous personal history agnst the backdrop of idealization it attempts to transc.
Keywords: Calvinism, desire, Samuel Daniel, Fulke Greville, lust, Neoplatonism, Petrarchism, sonnet sequence, translation, Mary Wroth
Subject Area: Literary Studies 1500 to 1800
Collection: Oxford Scholarship Online
Book ## Petrarchan Love and the English Renssance by Gordon Braden, published in November 2022.
DOI Link: https:doi.org10.1093oso9780192858368.003.0004https:doi.org10.1093oso9780192858368.003.0004
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Petrarchan Love Sequences in English Renaissance Sidneys Influence on English Poetry Calvinist Themes in English Sonnets Samuel Daniels Purest Love Sequence Mary Wroths Underappreciated Adoration Neoplatonic Ideals in Elizabethan Literature