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Pamphilia to Amphilanthus

by Lady Mary Wroth (1587-1651/3)

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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Total running time: 1:43:26
Read by Elizabeth Klett

mp3 and ogg files

• 01 -Part 01 (Sonnets 1-24, Songs 1-4) – 00:29:17
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  [mp3@128kbps - 28.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 17.9M]
• 02 – Part 02 (Sonnets 25-48, Songs 5-7) – 00:26:27
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  [ogg vorbis - 16.2M]
• 03 – Part 03 (A Sonnet and Six Songs) – 00:08:12
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  [mp3@128kbps - 7.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 5.0M]
• 04 – Part 04 (Eleven Sonnets and Three Songs) – 00:13:42
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  [mp3@128kbps - 13.1MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.4M]
• 05 – Part 05 (A Crown of Sonnets Dedicated to Love) – 00:12:46
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  [ogg vorbis - 7.8M]
• 06 – Part 06 (Four Songs and Nine Sonnets) – 00:13:02
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  [mp3@128kbps - 12.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 8.0M]

Cataloged on February 03, 2008