The Sonnets (Cambridge School Shakespeare Series)

by William Shakespeare, Rex Gibson

Overview

Like the plays in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, The Sonnets has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. Each sonnet is presented with accompanying material which aims to enrich your own experience of the poem, whilst leaving you to make your own mind up about the sonnet rather than having someone else's interpretation and judgement handed down to you. You will find help with unfamiliar words, with imagery, and with other 'poetic' features, as well as suggestions for practical work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521559478
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/28/1997
Series:	Cambridge School Shakespeare Series
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.67(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

William Shakespeare (1564–1616) is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language.

Date of Death:

2018

Place of Birth:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Place of Death:

Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom

Table of Contents

What is a sonnet?; Introducing The Sonnets; Title page: 1609 edition; Dedications: 1609 edition; The sonnets; The sonnet tradition; Themes: love, time and poetry; The language of The Sonnets; Links with the plays; Studying The Sonnets; Index of first lines; William Shakespeare.

Editorial Reviews

"The whole job has been conscientiously and capably done. Gibson strikes an appropriate tone and register. As a school textbook of the sonnets this volume could hardly be bettered." Shakespeare Quarterly

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