About this title: David West is a highly distinguished classicist and literary critic. Here, he explores the sonnets of Shakespeare. The application of the techniques of classical scholarship to the sonnets results in the one of the most impressive and delightful contributions to Shakespeare studies in recent years. At a time when our familiarity with Shakespeare's language is in decline, West restores the full force of the poems' meaning to non-specialist readers with an immediacy and power that will surprise and delight. The context of each poem, its relationship with its neighbours, its argument, as well as ...
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Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: Washington Square Press
ISBN-13:9780671670474ISBN:0671670476
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Five stars for mastery of the sonnet form. But four stars maybe for content. I found myself bored with the same ideas over and over again. Shakespeare even admits in one of the sonnets that he is writing the same sonnet over and over. He is obsessed with beauty and mutability."
"I just like Shakespeare. After taking a class on him in college, the becomes very easy to read. I love his words, he uses very little to say a wide variety of perspectives in one sentence. No one is quite like him. This book is as great as everything else he writes."
"I just like Shakespeare. After taking a class on him in college, the becomes very easy to read. I love his words, he uses very little to say a wide variety of perspectives in one sentence. No one is quite like him. This book is as great as everything else he writes."
"When I was a baby-child my mother would read me Shakespeare's sonnets instead of childrens stories before I went to sleep & I still find them lovely 7 comforting."
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