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Beschreibung
The appearance in 1609 of Shakespeare's Sonnets is cloaked in mystery and controversy, while the poems themselves are masterpieces of silence and deception. The intervening 4 centuries have done little to diminish either their mystique or their appeal, and recent years have witnessed an upsurge in interest in these brilliant and contentious lyrics.

John Blades' penetrating study of the Sonnets is a highly lucid introduction to Shakespeare's subjects and poetic craft, involving detailed insights on the major themes, together with a comprehensive exploration of the Rival Poet and Dark Mistress sequences.

Shakespeare: The Sonnets:
- Draws on an extensive range of sonnets, offering a line-by-line analysis that engages with the poems as masterworks in their own right, as well as registering their relationship with Shakespeare's dramas
- locates the Sonnets in their Elizabethan and humanist framework, with a survey of the history of the sonnet form and rhetorical conventions within the context of the early modern period.
- Concludes with a brief assessment of critical attitudes towards the Sonnets over the 4 centuries since their publication and an indepth examination of 4 important critics.

Providing students with the critical and analytical skills with which to approach the Sonnets, and featuring a helpful glossary and suggestions for further study, this fascinating book is an indispensable guide.
The appearance in 1609 of Shakespeare's Sonnets is cloaked in mystery and controversy, while the poems themselves are masterpieces of silence and deception. The intervening 4 centuries have done little to diminish either their mystique or their appeal, and recent years have witnessed an upsurge in interest in these brilliant and contentious lyrics.

John Blades' penetrating study of the Sonnets is a highly lucid introduction to Shakespeare's subjects and poetic craft, involving detailed insights on the major themes, together with a comprehensive exploration of the Rival Poet and Dark Mistress sequences.

Shakespeare: The Sonnets:
- Draws on an extensive range of sonnets, offering a line-by-line analysis that engages with the poems as masterworks in their own right, as well as registering their relationship with Shakespeare's dramas
- locates the Sonnets in their Elizabethan and humanist framework, with a survey of the history of the sonnet form and rhetorical conventions within the context of the early modern period.
- Concludes with a brief assessment of critical attitudes towards the Sonnets over the 4 centuries since their publication and an indepth examination of 4 important critics.

Providing students with the critical and analytical skills with which to approach the Sonnets, and featuring a helpful glossary and suggestions for further study, this fascinating book is an indispensable guide.
Über den Autor
John Blades has lectured in English Literature at the universities of Leeds and Durham, UK.
Zusammenfassung
1 Provides a detailed thematic analysis of a wide range of the Sonnets
2 Offers comprehensive discussion of the Elizabethan humanist context and a survey of the critical reception of the Sonnets
3 Features suggestions for further research and a helpful glossary to aid study
Inhaltsverzeichnis

General Editor's Preface
Introduction
PART I: ANALYSING SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS
Love (or what you will)
Time: to posterity and beyond
Art: clever, very
The Rival Poet(s): a lesson in tightropes?
Fair's fair: The Dark Mistresses
PART II: THE CONTEXT AND THE CRITICS
Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Sonnet
Humanism, Rhetoric and Poetry
Readers and Writers
Some Critical Responses to the Sonnets
A Glossary of Some Rhetorical and Literary Terms
Further Reading
Index.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Genre: Importe, Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781403992413
ISBN-10: 140399241X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Blades, John
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Macmillan Education
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 216 x 140 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: John Blades
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2007
Gewicht: 0,346 kg
Artikel-ID: 133624845

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