The Case of the Spenserian Sonnet: A Curious Re-Creation

Author / Editor
Philmus, Maria R. Rohr.

Title
The Case of the Spenserian Sonnet: A Curious Re-Creation

Published
Spenser Studies 13: 125-37, 1999.

Description
Although a scheme identical to that of the Spenserian sonnet was used by Scots sonneteers before Spenser, the rhyme scheme of the "Spenserian" sonnet and the stanza form used in The Faerie Queene derive from Chaucer's Monk's Tale stanza.

Chaucer Subjects
Style and Versification.
Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.
Monk and His Tale.