Amoretti or Amorini is an Italian term used to describe the small, winged babies who accompanied Cupid in the classicizing art of the Renaissance and late. Also called: Putti.
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Bibliography for Amoretti and Epithalamion (902 words)
"The Neo-Platonic Ladder in Spenser's Amoretti," PQ 20 (1941), 284-295. "Amoretti and the Dolce Stil Novo," ELR 2 (1972), 208-216. Kaske, Carol V. "Spenser's Amoretti and Epithalamion of 1595: Structure, Genre, and Numerology," ELR 8 (1978), 271-295.
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Amoretti is undoubtedly grounded in the Petrarchan forms of tribute, often focusing on the, “proud and cruel fair form,” of the lady (Martz 110). Amoretti reveals the pain and turmoil he attaches to love as well as questions surrounding authentic authority. Amoretti , contributes to the war motif that appears throughout the sonnet sequence.
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