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Reading Shakespeare's Poetry

A lively exploration of Shakespeare's poems and how they speak to readers

Reading Shakespeare's Poetry presents a fresh interpretation of Shakespeare's non-dramatic poems, providing insights into the individual poems, their themes and composition, and their relation to the cultural context of Shakespeare's world. Dympna Callaghan considers what makes Shakespeare's language poetic and shows how his poetry is comprised not only of lyrical intensity but also of the language of everyday life.

Presented chronologically, lucidly-written chapters examine Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, the Sonnets, and A Lover's Complaint. Special attention is paid to the distinctive ways in which lineation, rhyme, verse forms, and meter serve to delineate or erase the boundaries of Shakespeare's poetry. Throughout the book, the author explains how Shakespeare's language is influenced by predecessors such as

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Introduction 1

1 Venus and Adonis 25

2 Lucrece 82

3 The Phoenix and the Turtle 129

4 Shakespeare’s Sonnets 159

5 A Lover’s Complaint 209

Conclusion 240

Bibiography 251

Index 262

Reading Shakespeares Poetry

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 22 December 2022
      ISBN-13 9780470659205
      978-0470659205
      ISBN-10 0470659203
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      Literary studies: poetry and poets

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Reading Shakespeare's Poetry

      A lively exploration of Shakespeare's poems and how they speak to readers

      Reading Shakespeare's Poetry presents a fresh interpretation of Shakespeare's non-dramatic poems, providing insights into the individual poems, their themes and composition, and their relation to the cultural context of Shakespeare's world. Dympna Callaghan considers what makes Shakespeare's language poetic and shows how his poetry is comprised not only of lyrical intensity but also of the language of everyday life.

      Presented chronologically, lucidly-written chapters examine Venus and Adonis, Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, the Sonnets, and A Lover's Complaint. Special attention is paid to the distinctive ways in which lineation, rhyme, verse forms, and meter serve to delineate or erase the boundaries of Shakespeare's poetry. Throughout the book, the author explains how Shakespeare's language is influenced by predecessors such as

      Table of Contents

      Acknowledgments viii

      Introduction 1

      1 Venus and Adonis 25

      2 Lucrece 82

      3 The Phoenix and the Turtle 129

      4 Shakespeare’s Sonnets 159

      5 A Lover’s Complaint 209

      Conclusion 240

      Bibiography 251

      Index 262

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