ENGLISH

Ideas of order: a close reading of Shakespeare's sonnets

By William , Rudenstine , Neil L.;Shakespeare

Book information

Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Year
2015
ISBN
9780374280154, 9780374712013, 9780374535735, 0374535736
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
257 kB (262926 bytes)
Edition
First paperback edition
Pages
[ix], 243 pages ; 23 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

A note on the text -- Inner order -- Desirable development -- Eternal lines -- Tender churl -- Master-mistress -- Outcast state -- Thy advocate -- Usurpation -- The strength of laws -- Your substance -- Fearful meditations -- His great verse -- O, what a mansion -- This most balmy time -- Ruined love -- Hugely politic -- Past cure -- Conclusion -- The complete sonnets of William Shakespeare.;Shakespeare's sonnets constitute the greatest single work of lyric poetry in English, as passionate and daring as any love poems we may ever encounter, and yet they are often misunderstood. [This book] reveals an underlying structure encompassing the 154 poems that illuminates the entire work, and provides a guide for first-time readers and connoisseurs alike [that inspires a new understanding of this complex masterpiece.] --Page 4 of cover.

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