{"product_id":"on-shakespeares-sonnets-9781474221580","title":"On Shakespeares Sonnets","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the four hundred years since Shakespeare''s death, the Sonnets have invited imitation, homage, critique, parody and pastiche. These new poems probe our relationship to the Sonnets'' intricate form and ambitious scope, their investigation of sexuality, wit, memory and poetic survival. These sonnets and longer lyrics explore what it means to write ''on Shakespeare''s Sonnets'' in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003ePublished in association with the Royal Society of Literature contributing poets include: Andrew Motion, Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, Paul Muldoon,  Ruth Padel, Simon Armitage, Roger McGough and Jo Shapcott.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese contributors are some of the best, and best-known poets writing today ... The result is a slimly elegant book of new poetry, some of it very fine indeed ... [I]t really is extraordinary that these sonnets, first published in 1609, can still be engendering such a range of new ideas and ways of expressing them. Congratulations to the editors Hannah Crawforth and Elizabeth Scott-Baumann. * The Independent *\u003cbr\u003eWendy Cope's version of sonnet 22, a meditation on age with a twist on enduring love, is a triumph; Carol Ann Duffy's dazzling response to sonnet 116 reinvents the idea of \"impediments\" to true marriage. * The Daily Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eAn original and inspired idea ... This exciting collection reminds us that themes of ageing, love, lust and emotional cruelty transcend time. -- Bel Mooney * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eA wise and often beautiful book, inventive and witty. * Morning Star *\u003cbr\u003eThis slim volume of poetry offers plenty of meaty material for actors or drama students looking for something fresh and interesting to read or perform ... [A] collection of interesting new poems on ageing, death, mortality, illness and love which force you to read the sonnets which inspired them in a refreshing new light. * The Stage *\u003cbr\u003eRather ingenious ... A sparky little book. * Ink Pellet *\u003cbr\u003eOffering engaging insights, enjoyable surprises and vivid glimpses of experience, \u003ci\u003eOn Shakespeare’s Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e is very much a living celebration. * Daily Star (Bangladesh) *\u003cbr\u003e... This collection is excellent, a fun introduction to both modern poetry and Shakespeare’s classics. * Tony's Reading List *\u003cbr\u003eThis small volume is a pure delight: a collection of poems (mostly sonnets) by many of England’s leading writers in varied and sensitive response to \u003ci\u003eShakespeare’s Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e … Each one is essentially intimate, celebrating the lyric spirit of \u003ci\u003eShakespeare’s Sonnets\u003c\/i\u003e … One of the delights of these poems, in addition to their own wonder as poems, is that they take one back to the sonnets that inspired them to see and hear anew. * Sixteenth Century Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword Preface Acknowledgements \u003ci\u003eWhat poverty my Muse brings forth\u003c\/i\u003e;Roger McGough \u003ci\u003eSonnet 1\u003c\/i\u003e; William Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eSenex on Market Street; \u003c\/i\u003eDouglas Dunn \u003ci\u003eSonnet 11; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eThirty-Five\u003c\/i\u003e; Jackie Kay \u003ci\u003eSonnet 12;\u003c\/i\u003e William Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eRhapsodies; \u003c\/i\u003eAndrew Motion \u003ci\u003eSonnet 15; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eSonnet 15: A Graft; \u003c\/i\u003ePaul Muldoon Sonnet 18; William Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eDream; \u003c\/i\u003eP. 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Kavanagh \u003ci\u003eSonnet 20; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eDi-Di-Dah-Dah-Di-Dit; \u003c\/i\u003eSimon Armitage \u003ci\u003eSonnet 22; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eSonnet; \u003c\/i\u003eWendy Cope \u003ci\u003eSonnet 33; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eHearing Voices; \u003c\/i\u003eMimi Khalvati \u003ci\u003eSonnet 35; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003ePeacemaker; \u003c\/i\u003eMichael Symmons Roberts Sonnet 36; William Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eTwo; \u003c\/i\u003eDon Patterson \u003ci\u003eSonnet 38; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eAfter Sonnet 38; \u003c\/i\u003eNick Laird \u003ci\u003eSonnet 43; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eThe Trick; \u003c\/i\u003eImtiaz Dharker \u003ci\u003eSonnet 49; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eAt the Halle; \u003c\/i\u003eBernard O'Donoghue \u003ci\u003eSonnet 55; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eThe Sonnets; \u003c\/i\u003eMichael Longley \u003ci\u003eSonnet 60; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eTime's Fool; \u003c\/i\u003eKevin Crossley-Holland \u003ci\u003eYour Life as a Wave; \u003c\/i\u003eRuth Padel \u003ci\u003eSonnet 65; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eStorm, Nissaki; \u003c\/i\u003eRobin Robertson \u003ci\u003eTwo Sonnets; \u003c\/i\u003eAlan Brownjohn \u003ci\u003eSonnet 71; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eStill Life; \u003c\/i\u003eJohn Burnside \u003ci\u003eSonnet 73; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003e73 Shakespeare Close; \u003c\/i\u003eDavid Harsent \u003ci\u003e2014\/2015; \u003c\/i\u003eJo Shapcott \u003ci\u003eSonnet 80; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eSalvage; \u003c\/i\u003eAlan Jenkins \u003ci\u003eSonnet 94; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eThree Views of a Secret; \u003c\/i\u003eSean O'Brien \u003ci\u003eSonnet 99; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eGentian Violet; \u003c\/i\u003ePaul Farley \u003ci\u003eSonnet 116; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eMagnetism; \u003c\/i\u003eGillian Clarke \u003ci\u003eCXVI; \u003c\/i\u003eCarol Ann Duffy \u003ci\u003eBetrayal; \u003c\/i\u003eElaine Feinstein \u003ci\u003eSonnet 143; \u003c\/i\u003eWilliam Shakespeare \u003ci\u003eDrowned Man; \u003c\/i\u003eFiona Sampson \u003ci\u003eW.S.: The Tithon Sonnets; \u003c\/i\u003eJohn Fuller List of Contributors and Notes to Poems Index of Poets Index of First Lines","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742569136471,"sku":"9781474221580","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781474221580.jpg?v=1758385290","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/on-shakespeares-sonnets-9781474221580","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}