{"product_id":"a-companion-to-shakespeares-sonnets-9781444332063","title":"A Companion to Shakespeares Sonnets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e represents the myriad ways of thinking about the remarkable achievement of Shakespeare's sonnets.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn authoritative reference guide and extended introduction to Shakespeare's sonnets.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains more than 20 newly-commissioned essays by both established and younger scholars.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders the form, sequence, content, literary context, editing and printing of the sonnets.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how the sonnets provide a mirror in which cultures can read their own critical biases.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInformed by the latest theoretical, cultural and archival work.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Of making many reference books about Shakespeare there is no end, and Blackwell, a leader in the field of reference books on literature and other topics, has produced a large and expensive \u003ci\u003eCompanion to Shakespeare's Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e\" (\u003ci\u003eChronique\u003c\/i\u003e)  \u003cp\u003e\"This title provides a solid introduction to key concepts and ways of studying the work of an author who whose reputation is so great it is often difficult for readers new to the works to know where to begin.... The quality of all the essays is very high.\" (\u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, Issue 4 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Michael Schoenfeldt's compilation of twenty-five critical essays takes into account the most important issues concerning Shakespeare's sonnets: historical, interpretive, biographical, and editorial ... Several familiar themes in Sonnet criticism get fresh readings here … it is obviously impossible to do justice here to all of the essays ... it is a valuable [guide] to the current state of criticism and scholarship.\" (\u003ci\u003eRenaissance Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is generally an excellently structured collection of essays.\" (\u003ci\u003eNotes and Queries\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Sonnet Form and Sonnet Sequence 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Value of the Sonnets 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Booth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Formal Pleasure in the Sonnets 27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Vendler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Incomplete Narrative of Shakespeare’s Sonnets 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Schiffer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Revolution in Shake-speares Sonnets 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargreta de Grazia Copyrighted Material\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Shakespeare and His Predecessors 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Refusal to be Judged in Petrarch and Shakespeare 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Strier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 “Dressing old words new”? Re-evaluating the “Delian Structure” 90\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeather Dubrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Confounded by Winter: Speeding Time in Shakespeare’s Sonnets 104\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDympna Callaghan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Editorial Theory and Biographical Inquiry: Editing the Sonnets 119\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Shake-speares Sonnets, Shakespeare’s Sonnets, and Shakespearean Biography 121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Dutton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Mr. Who He? 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Orgel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Editing the Sonnets 145\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eColin Burrow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 William Empson and the Sonnets 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLars Engle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Sonnets in Manuscript and Print 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the Manuscript Circulation of Texts in Early Modern England 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur F. Marotti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 The Sonnets and Book History 204\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarcy L. North\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Models of Desire in the Sonnets 223\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Shakespeare’s Love Objects 225\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDouglas Trevor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Tender Distance: Latinity and Desire in Shakespeare’s Sonnets 242\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBradin Cormack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 Fickle Glass 261\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRayna Kalas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 “Th’ expense of spirit in a waste of shame”: Mapping the “Emotional Regime” of Shakespeare’s Sonnets 277\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJyotsna G. Singh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Ideas of Darkness in the Sonnets 291\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18 Rethinking Shakespeare’s Dark Lady 293\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIlona Bell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19 Flesh Colors and Shakespeare’s Sonnets 314\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eElizabeth D. Harvey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VII Memory and Repetition in the Sonnets 329\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20 Voicing the Young Man: Memory, Forgetting, and Subjectivity in the Procreation Sonnets 331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGarrett A. Sullivan, Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21 “Full character’d”: Competing Forms of Memory in Shakespeare’s Sonnets 343\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmanda Watson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VIII The Sonnets in\/and the Plays 361\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22 Halting Sonnets: Poetry and Theater in Much Ado About Nothing 363\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatrick Cheney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23 Personal Identity and Vicarious Experience in Shakespeare’s Sonnets 383\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Flesch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IX The Sonnets and A Lover’s Complaint 403\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMargaret Healy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e25 The Enigma of A Lover’s Complaint 426\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCatherine Bates\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: The 1609 Text of Shakespeare’s Sonnets and A Lover’s Complaint 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 502\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408383517015,"sku":"9781444332063","price":39.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444332063.jpg?v=1730502702","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-companion-to-shakespeares-sonnets-9781444332063","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}