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 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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• Authors: Hannah Crawforth, Hannah (Lecturer Crawforth, Hannah Scott-Baumann Crawforth, Elizabeth Scott-Baumann, White
• Assisted by: Hannah Crawforth (Editor), Hannah (Lecturer Crawforth (Editor), Elizabeth Scott-Baumann (Editor), Elizabeth (King's College London Scott-Baumann (Editor), Ann Thompson (Editor), Clare Whitehead (Editor), Clare (Queen Mary Whitehead (Editor), Whitehead Clare (Editor)
• Publisher: Arden shakespeare
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781474277136
• ISBN: 978-1-4742-7713-6
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Arden Shakespeare The State of Play; Arden Shakespeare the State of; Arden Shakespeare The State of Play; Arden Shakespeare the State of
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean