The Background To Shakespeare S Sonnets
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The Background To Shakespeare S Sonnets
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Author : R. J. C. Wait
language : en
Publisher: London : Chatto & Windus
Release Date : 1972
The Background To Shakespeare S Sonnets written by R. J. C. Wait and has been published by London : Chatto & Windus this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Literary Criticism categories.
When, why and to whom were Shakespeare's Sonnets written, and are they abstract works of art or the poet's own reactions to actual situations and events? If the latter, what have they to tell us about Shakespeare the man? Today, scholars remain sharply divided over these questions. In this book the author demonstrates that by carefully setting the Sonnets against the historical and literary background of the period it is possible not merely to suggest convincing answers to all these problems but to date almost every sonnet to within less than six months. With fascinating material, together with a deep and sympathetic understanding of the poetry itself, Mr. Wait restores the vivid pictures which Shakespeare's images were intended to convey, while at the same time building a strong case for his own elucidation of one of the greatest of literary enigmas. -- From publisher's description.
An Introduction To The Sonnets Of Shakespeare
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Author : John Dover Wilson
language : en
Publisher: CUP Archive
Release Date : 1963
An Introduction To The Sonnets Of Shakespeare written by John Dover Wilson and has been published by CUP Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with categories.
The World Of Shakespeare S Sonnets
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Author : Robert Matz
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-07-15
The World Of Shakespeare S Sonnets written by Robert Matz and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-07-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Of Shakespeare's sonnets we know the crystalline meter, exquisite diction, and exhilarating surprise of the "turn" in the final couplet. By contrast, we know very little of their subjects and motives. This book does not approach the sonnets as Shakespearean autobiography but instead delineates the customs that shaped the poet's world and thus his sonnets. It argues for understanding them as brilliant, edgy expressions of the equally brilliant, edgy culture of the English Renaissance.
Shakespeare S Sugared Sonnets
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Author : Katharine M. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-03-30
Shakespeare S Sugared Sonnets written by Katharine M. Wilson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-30 with Literary Criticism categories.
In the course of some research into the musical element in English poetry, Dr Wilson read the work of the Elizabethan sonneteers chronologically and was struck by a suspicion that Shakespeare’s sonnets were parodies. Later she carried out a more thorough investigation, and this book, originally published in 1974, is the product: her early impressions had been justified beyond all expectation. Her investigation involved examining the background of each of Shakespeare’s sonnets, and this in itself is a contribution to scholarship. A surprising number of them are shown to be direct parodies of particular sonnets; all of them guy the sonnet convention, and the more difficult ones are easily explained by this hypothesis. Fresh correspondences between Shakespeare and his predecessors have come to light and his relationship with them is seen to be mocking. This is demonstrated in his borrowings from Ovid also, while the opening seventeen sonnets gain point as parody of Erasmus on marriage. The book opens with a short note on the origin of the sonnet in song, chivalric love and Plato. The sonnet theme in Shakespeare’s early comedies is treated freshly and the author throws light on the plays from a new angle. In the final chapter, among other themes, the implication of dating is considered, and here too some new material is discussed. However, Dr Wilson is aiming at a wider readership than that of scholars alone. She has a view of Shakespeare as a young man catering for "young-man laughter", as she puts it, and she never loses sight of this aspect in her study. Although the academic basis is there, the presentation is not academic. Her aim is clearly to share the joke with her readers.
Shakespeare S Sonnets
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Author : Alfred Lestie Rowe
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1984-03-01
Shakespeare S Sonnets written by Alfred Lestie Rowe and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-03-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
Shakespeare S Sonnets And Poems A Very Short Introduction
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Author : Jonathan F. S. Post
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017-09-21
Shakespeare S Sonnets And Poems A Very Short Introduction written by Jonathan F. S. Post and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-21 with Literary Criticism categories.
Not for nothing is William Shakespeare considered possibly the most famous writer in history; his works have had a lasting effect on culture, vocabularies, and art. His plays contain some of our most well-known lines (how often have you heard the phrase 'To be or not to be'?), yet whilst his poems may often feel less familiar than his plays they have also seeped into our cultural history (who has not heard of ''Shall I compare thee to a summer's day'?). In this Very Short Introduction Jonathan Post introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry: the Sonnets; the two great narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece; A Lover's Complaint; and The Phoenix and Turtle. Describing Shakespeare's double identity as both poet and playwright, in conjunction with several of his contemporaries, Post evaluates the reciprocal advantages as well as the different strategies and strains that came with writing for the stage and the page. Tackling the debates surrounding the disputed authorship of Shakespeare's poems, he also considers the printing history of Shakespeare's canon, and the genres favoured by the bard. Exploring their reception, both with contemporary audiences and through the ages until today, Post explores the core themes of love and lust, and analyzes how the sonnets compare with other great love poetry of the English Renaissance. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
An Introduction To The Philosophy Of Shakespeare S Sonnets
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Author : Richard Simpson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1868
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Shakespeare S Sonnets Notes
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Author : Carl Senna
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
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Shakespeare S Sonnet 127 And The Mysterious Dark Lady An Analysis
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Author : Sarah Nitschke
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2010-04-15
Shakespeare S Sonnet 127 And The Mysterious Dark Lady An Analysis written by Sarah Nitschke and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-15 with Literary Criticism categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Erfurt, language: English, abstract: For about thirty years sonnet sequences were popular in England (1580s to the 1610s) . A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines of iambic pentameter with an elaborate rhyme scheme. The poets of these forms of poems wrote in order to express their deep human emotions. Especially, poets in Renaissance revealed the philosophy of humanism. Poets of Elizabethan time are mainly concerned with the subject of love. Thereby, they made use on metaphoric and poetic conventions which were developed by Italian poets of the fourteenth century like Petrarch or Dante. The Petrarchan, or Italian sonnet, consists of two quatrains and two tercets. To emphasize the idea of the poem, the rhyme scheme and structure work together. William Shakespeare reshaped the sonnet structure. The English, or Shakespearean sonnet, consists of three quatrains and a concluding couplet. Shakespeare used, like Petrarch, the structure of the sonnet to explore multiple facets of a topic in short. He, despite his high status as a dramatist, attracted no attention as a sonneteer . William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in Stratford upon Avon. In 1609 he retracted from the London live in theatre back to the city of his birth. In the very same year the publisher Thomas Thorpe announced the book “Shake-Speares Sonnets Never before Imprinted”. “When [Shakespeare] published his sonnets – or allowed them to be published – in 1609, the sonnet vogue was all but over [...]” . About the background and the reliability of this edition prevails disagreement. It is not resolved whether Shakespeare had wanted the publication. It is also uncertain whether the order of the sonnets is right or does it make any sense to rearrange the sequence. Even the division of the sequence into two parts – sonnet one till 126 address a young man and sonnet 127 till 154 address the Dark Lady – is questionable because many of the sonnets have no gender-markers. However, most editors accept the ordering from the 1609 edition . With 154 poems, Shakespeare wrote the longest sonnet cycle of the Elizabethan age. If we comply with the assumption of most editors, the poems one till 126 focuses a young blonde man, and the sonnets 127 till 152 are aimed at a Dark Lady who is the “conceptual antithesis of the young man” . The whole sequence ends with two rather insignificant love sonnets which have nothing to do with the previous sonnets.
The Sonnets
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Author : William Shakespeare
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-06-22
The Sonnets written by William Shakespeare and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-22 with Literary Collections categories.
In his own time, Shakespeare was best known to the reading public as a poet, and even today copies of his Sonnets regularly outsell everything else he wrote. For this new edition, Stephen Orgel offers a warmly personal and original introduction to Shakespeare's best-loved and most widely read poems. Careful readings emphasize their sexual and temperamental ambiguity, their textual history and the special perils an editor faces when modernizing the original quarto's spelling, punctuation, and even layout. The edition retains the text of the Sonnets prepared by Gwynne Evans, together with his detailed notes on each, and a line-by-line commentary. Throughout, the 'voices' of the sonnets appear in all their intricacy and dramatic power.