Shakespeare's sonnets
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Shakespeare's sonnets
（Oxford Shakespeare topics / general editors, Peter Holland and Stanley Wells）
Oxford University Press, 2004
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Further reading: p. [182]-185
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The sonnets are among the most accomplished and fascinating poems in the English language. They are central to an understanding of Shakespeare's work as a poet and poetic dramatist, and while their autobiographical relevance is uncertain, no account of Shakespeare's life can afford to ignore them. So many myths and superstitions have arisen around these poems, relating for example to their possible addressees, to their coherence as a sequence, to their dates of composition, to their relation to other poetry of the period and to Shakespeare's plays, that even the most naive reader will find it difficult to read them with an innocent mind. Shakespeare's Sonnets dispels the myths and focuses on the poems. Considering different possible ways of reading the Sonnets, Wells and Edmondson place them in a variety of literary and dramatic contexts--in relation to other poetry of the period, to Shakespeare's plays, as poems for performance, and in relation to their reception and reputation. Selected sonnets are discussed in depth, but the book avoids the jargon of theoretical criticism. Shakespeare's Sonnets is an exciting contribution to the Oxford Shakespeare Topics, ideal for students and the general reader interested in these intriguing poems.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Early Publication of the Sonnets
- 3. History and Emergence of the Sonnet as a Literary Form
- 4. The Sonnets in Relation to Shakespeare's Life
- 5. The Form of Shakespeare's Sonnets
- 6. The Artistry of the Sonnets
- 7. Content of the Sonnets
- 8. The Sonnets as Theatre
- 9. The Place of 'A Lover's Complaint'
- 10. Later Publication of the Sonnets
- 11. Critical Reputation of the Sonnets
- 12. Ways in which Writers have Engaged Creatively with the Sonnets
- 13. Survey of More Recent Current Sonnet Criticism Treated Thematically
- 14. Sonnets and Performance
- 15. Conclusion
- 16. Further Reading
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