The Sonnets: William Shakespeare (Macmillan Collector's Library, 34) - Hardcover

Shakespeare, William

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909621846 ISBN 13: 9781909621848

Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2016

Synopsis

The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published in 1609. Filled with ideas about love, beauty and mortality, the sonnets are written in the same beautiful and innovative language that we have come to know from Shakespeare's plays. The first 126 sonnets are addressed to a young man known as the 'Fair Youth', while others are directed at a 'Rival Poet', and a 'Dark Lady'.

This Macmillan Collector's Library edition contains all of the poems, which explore many of Shakespeare's most common themes: jealousy, betrayal, melancholy. They ache with unfulfilled longing, and, for many, they are the most complete and moving meditations on love ever written.

With an afterword by Peter Harness.

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Review:

"They are the work of someone whose ear is unerring." --W.H. Auden

"He is writing about the world, the largeness of which he had perhaps only recently discovered." --Mark Van Doren

"The striking peculiarity of Shakespeare's mind was its generic quality, its power to communicate with all other minds." --William Hazlitt

"Shakespeare is the greatest university of all." --William Carlos Williams

They are the work of someone whose ear is unerring. "W.H. Auden"

He is writing about the world, the largeness of which he had perhaps only recently discovered. "Mark Van Doren"

The striking peculiarity of Shakespeare's mind was its generic quality, its power to communicate with all other minds. "William Hazlitt"

Shakespeare is the greatest university of all. "William Carlos Williams""

"They are the work of someone whose ear is unerring." --W.H. Auden

"He is writing about the world, the largeness of which he had perhaps only recently discovered." --Mark Van Doren

"The striking peculiarity of Shakespeare's mind was its generic quality, its power to communicate with all other minds." --William Hazlitt

"Shakespeare is the greatest university of all." --William Carlos Williams

From the Author:

Moral and immoral remarks and comments
I think this book of poetry really fulfills the needs of teenagers alike all over the world. My intention before authorizing this canonizing book of illustrious poems was to share with the world the genius that William Shakespeare truly was. Thank You and please very much enjoy my entry and my collection of beautiful interpretations and analyzations. Written by Justin Pattner, eleventh grade student at Horace Mann in the Bronx,New York. Thank you for your time and efforts in reading my comments.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1909621846
• ISBN 13: 9781909621848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176