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Sonnets
William Shakespeare
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Description for Sonnets
Paperback. Shakespeare's sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful and often breath-taking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned. They demonstrate the writer's skill in capturing the full range of human emotions within a carefully prescribed form and creating something unique in every one. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
INTRODUCTION BY GERMAINE GREER
Shakespeare's sonnets are lyrical, haunting, beautiful and often breath-taking, representing one of the finest bodies of poetry ever penned. They demonstrate the writer's skill in capturing the full range of human emotions within a carefully prescribed form and creating something unique in every one. Some are familiar - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? - others unexpected, but together they form an extraordinary meditation on the nature of love, lust, beauty and time.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099518860
SKU
V9780099518860
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99-99
About William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, and was baptised on 26 April 1564. His father was a glove maker and wool merchant and his mother, Mary Arden, was the daughter of a well-to-do local land owner. Shakespeare was probably educated in Stratford’s grammar school. In 1582 he married Anne Hathaway, and the couple had a daughter the following ... Read more
Reviews for Sonnets
The great master who knew everything...an unspeakable source of delight Every age has reinvented the Bard in its own image. Renaissance Man or post-modern angst... Shakespeare haunts our language
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Shakespeare was the most consummate genius of all time Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them, there is no third Every single character in Shakespeare is ... Read more
Independent
Shakespeare was the most consummate genius of all time Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them, there is no third Every single character in Shakespeare is ... Read more