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Book Synopsis''James Anthony has done something I would have confidently stated to be impossible. He has translated Shakespeare's sonnets and he has done so with an insolent, loveable charm A dazzling success' Stephen Fry
Rediscover the greatest love poetry ever writtenShall I compare you to a summer's day?You're more delightful, always shining strong;High winds blow hard on flowering buds in May,And summer never seems to last that longShakespeare's sonnets are some of the nation's favourite lines of verse, but the Elizabethan language can make it difficult to really understand them. Many guides offer to clarify the meaning, but lose the magic of the words by explaining them away.
James Anthony has done something boldly different.
He has rewritten the whole series of poems
as sonnets using modern language, while retaining the rhythm and rhyme patterns that
Trade ReviewJames Anthony has done something I would have confidently stated to be impossible. He has ‘translated’ Shakespeare’s sonnets and he has done so with an insolent, loveable charm … A dazzling success * Stephen Fry *
