Screen LibraryThe sonnets : the state of play /
"Shakespeare's Sonnets both generate and demonstrate many of today's most pressing debates about Shakespeare and poetry. They explore history and aesthetics, gender and society, time and memory, and continue to invite divergent responses from critics and poets. This freeze-frame volum...
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The Arden Shakespeare,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The Arden Shakespeare state of play series
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| Summary: |
"Shakespeare's Sonnets both generate and demonstrate many of today's most pressing debates about Shakespeare and poetry. They explore history and aesthetics, gender and society, time and memory, and continue to invite divergent responses from critics and poets. This freeze-frame volume showcases the range of current debate and ideas surrounding these still startling poems. Each chapter has been carefully selected for its originality and relevance to the needs of students, teachers, and researchers."--Back cover. |
| Item Description: | Originally published: 2017. |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 288 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781350094857 1350094854 |
| Index Number: | PR2848 |
| CLC: | I561.073 |
| Call Number: | I561.073/S699 |
| Contents: |
Introduction / The Sonnets and History. Promising Eternitiy in the 1609 Quarto / Thomas Thorpe's Shakespeare: 'The Only Begetter' / 'Our brains beguiled': Ecclesiastes and Sonnet 59's Poetics of Temporal Instability / Unfulfilled Imperatives in Shakespeare's Sonnets / The Sonnets in Context. Shakespeare's Sonnets as Event / A Lingering Farewell: Sonnet 87 / Enduring 'Injurious Time': Alternatives |