{"product_id":"reading-shakespeares-poetry-paperback","title":"Reading Shakespeare's Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDympna Callaghan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Shakespeare's Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively exploration of Shakespeare's poems and how they speak to readers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Shakespeare's Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented chronologically, lucidly-written chapters examine \u003ci\u003eVenus and Adonis, Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eSonnets, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 Ovid and Petrarch while highlighting how ideas about the social and cultural function of poetry permeate Shakespeare's works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Offers an eminently readable yet scholarly exploration of the literary importance of Shakespeare's poems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the technical features of Shakespeare's poetic language\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Addresses the significance of the material form in which Shakespeare's poems appear\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Includes a discussion of songs, poems, and sonnets embedded in Shakespeare's dramatic verse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Shakespeare's Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eis both a fresh and indispensable guide to the poems and a significant critical intervention. This is a must-have book for scholars, students, and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively exploration of Shakespeare's poems and how they speak to readers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Shakespeare's Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresented chronologically, lucidly-written chapters examine \u003ci\u003eVenus and Adonis, Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eSonnets, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Complaint\u003c\/i\u003e. 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 Ovid and Petrarch while highlighting how ideas about the social and cultural function of poetry permeate Shakespeare's works. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Offers an eminently readable yet scholarly exploration of the literary importance of Shakespeare's poems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains the technical features of Shakespeare's poetic language\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Addresses the significance of the material form in which Shakespeare's poems appear\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Includes a discussion of songs, poems, and sonnets embedded in Shakespeare's dramatic verse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReading Shakespeare's Poetry \u003c\/i\u003eis both a fresh and indispensable guide to the poems and a significant critical intervention. This is a must-have book for scholars, students, and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDympna Callaghan\u003c\/b\u003e is University Professor and William L. Safire Professor of Modern Letters in the Department of English at Syracuse University and past President of the Shakespeare Association of America. She has authored, edited, and co-edited fourteen books and is the editor of the \u003ci\u003eArden Shakespeare Language and Writing\u003c\/i\u003e series, the co-editor of the \u003ci\u003ePalgrave Shakespeare Studies \u003c\/i\u003eseries, and an editor of the Asian Shakespeare Intercultural Archive (A\/S\/I\/A), a collaborative online archive of performance materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777290830112,"sku":"9780470659205","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4c9469c8aa64f63a0fe90826feb59e1d.webp?v=1780496486","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/reading-shakespeares-poetry-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}