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The Sonnets: The State of Play - Arden Shakespeare The State of Play Crawforth Hannah
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The Sonnets: The State of Play - Arden Shakespeare The State of Play
Crawforth Hannah
"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"--
312 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 1, 2017 |
| ISBN13 | 9781474277136 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Pages | 312 |
| Dimensions | 136 × 208 × 22 mm · 424 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Crawforth, Dr. Hannah (Lecturer, King's College London, UK) |
| Editor | Scott-Baumann, Elizabeth (King's College London, UK) |
| Editor | Whitehead, Clare (Queen Mary, University of London, UK) |
