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Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

Author:
Lady Mary Wroth
Read by:
Elizabeth Klett
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January 1, 2017
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1 hour 43 minutes
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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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Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

Author: Lady Mary Wroth
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