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The 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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York, NY :
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2017.
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| Colección: | Arden Shakespeare state of play series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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. Key themes and topics covered include: Textual issues and editing the sonnets ; Reception, interpretation and critical history of the sonnets ; The place of the sonnets in teaching ; Critical approaches and close reading ; Memorialisation and monument-making ; Contemporary poetry and the Sonnets. All the essays offer new perspectives and combine to give readers an up-to-date understanding of what is exciting and challenging about Shakespeare's Sonnets. The approach, based on an individual poetic form, reflects how the sonnets are most commonly studied and taught"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474277150 1474277152 9781474277143 1474277144 |