Idea: Elizabethan Sonnet Cycle

MICHAEL DRAYTON: IDEA: ELIZABETHAN SONNET CYCLE

Michael Drayton's 'Idea' is one of the major Elizabethan sonnet sequences, reprinted here in an attractive new edition.

'Idea' is a sonnet cycle of love poetry, and some of the finest verse in the English language.

The book includes a note on Michael Drayton, illustrations, and suggestions for further reading. Each poem has a page to itself. It's a useful edition for students.

Michael Drayton was born in 1563 in Warwickshire. He worked as a ...