ENGLISH

The World of Shakespeare's Sonnets: An Introduction

By Robert Matz

Book information

Publisher
Publishers, Inc., McFarland & Company
Year
2014
ISBN
9780786432196, 2007037638
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
869 kB (889848 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-04 04:43:24
Biography & Autobiography; Literary Criticism; Non

Description

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.

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