Pamphilia to Amphilanthus
Author(s): Lady Mary Wroth
Genre(s): Sonnets
Narrators: Elizabeth Klett
Number of Chapters: 6
Length: 1 hour and 43 minutes
Language: English
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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The audiobook Pamphilia to Amphilanthus falls under the genres of Sonnets. It is written by Lady Mary Wroth.