Shakespeare's Sonnets - Rilegato

Edmondson, Paul; Wells, Stanley

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0199256101 ISBN 13: 9780199256105

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2004

Riassunto

Shakespeare's Sonnets are among the most fascinating poems in the English language. They are central to an understanding of his life and work as both poet and poetic dramatist. Yet many myths and superstitions have arisen around them. This book challenges assumptions and encourages fresh readings of these poems. Edmondson and Wells consider the Sonnets both as individual works and in relation to each other. A feature of the book is its survey of the Sonnets' reputation, their appropriation by other creative writers, and their status and potential as texts to be performed.

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Recensione:

I cannot imagine any other secondary source that could be as useful as this slender volume. (Elizabeth Holtze, Rocky Mountain Review)

This is an admirably clear book about obscurity. The authors ask many impossible questions, then satisfy our curiosity while leaving them unanswered. The Sonnets are already opaque as we approach them. The famous introductory dedication to Mr W.H. has inspired volumes of misplaced ingenuity, enough to shadow the poems themselves. Trying to find Mr W.S. inside those 2000 enigmatic lines needs sense, sensibility, time, curiosity, patience and scholarship. Edmondson and Wells have those qualities. Though the centre of the labyrinth is never reached, they are lively and trustworthy guides. (Tom Deveson, Around the Globe)

elegant...This book is excellent on links between theatre and sonnets...The book is also a consideration, even a celebration, of what, precisely, makes Shakespeare's verse so compelling. (TLS)

L'autore:

Stanley Wells is General Editor of the Oxford Shakespeare and Chairman of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0199256101
• ISBN 13: 9780199256105
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 208