"This comprehensive guide provides readers with the necessary tools to unravel the complexities of one of the most difficult sonnet sequences. It combines close readings of more than 100 sonnets with a study of the literary tradition, stylistic features and cultural contexts of the genre and the sequence, to enable readers not only to disentangle the complex relationships of the poems' characters but also to appreciate their intricate philosophical, sensual and also subversive qualities. It includes a guide to preparing a Shakespeare sonnet for interpretation, besides charts and tables…mehr
"This comprehensive guide provides readers with the necessary tools to unravel the complexities of one of the most difficult sonnet sequences. It combines close readings of more than 100 sonnets with a study of the literary tradition, stylistic features and cultural contexts of the genre and the sequence, to enable readers not only to disentangle the complex relationships of the poems' characters but also to appreciate their intricate philosophical, sensual and also subversive qualities. It includes a guide to preparing a Shakespeare sonnet for interpretation, besides charts and tables identifying and summarizing the sequence's mini-narratives, groups, addressees and themes"--Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Roland Weidle is Professor of English Literature at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. He was Vice-President of the Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft from 2011 to 2023. His publications include two monographs on Shakespeare and the textbook Early Modern English Literature: An Introduction (2013) (German).
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List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Introduction I CONTEXT AND FORMS 1. Sonnet Tradition 2. The Text Date The 1609 Quarto Early Editions of the Sonnets The Sonnets as Biography? 3. The Sequence, Dramatis Personae and Form The Sequence Dramatis Personae The Shakespearean Sonnet II THEMES 4. Preservation Procreation The Limits of Procreation 5. Writing Imitatio vs. Inventio Uses of Poetry The Rival Poet and the Marketplace Petrarchism 6. Desire Irrational and Contagious Desire Desire for the Youth Desire for the Mistress Triangular Desire 7. Deception Deceptive Desire Deception: Speaker and Youth Deception: Speaker and Mistress Poetry as Deception 8. Imagination The Imagined Youth The Imagined Mistress 9. By Way of a Conclusion Appendix 1. Pairs, Sequences, Groups and Theme Clusters 2. Conjectured Dates of Composition for the Sonnets 3. Addressees of the Sonnets 4. A step-by-step Approach to Sonnet 75 5. Model Interpretation of Sonnet 106 References and Commentary on Key Works Index
List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface Introduction I CONTEXT AND FORMS 1. Sonnet Tradition 2. The Text Date The 1609 Quarto Early Editions of the Sonnets The Sonnets as Biography? 3. The Sequence, Dramatis Personae and Form The Sequence Dramatis Personae The Shakespearean Sonnet II THEMES 4. Preservation Procreation The Limits of Procreation 5. Writing Imitatio vs. Inventio Uses of Poetry The Rival Poet and the Marketplace Petrarchism 6. Desire Irrational and Contagious Desire Desire for the Youth Desire for the Mistress Triangular Desire 7. Deception Deceptive Desire Deception: Speaker and Youth Deception: Speaker and Mistress Poetry as Deception 8. Imagination The Imagined Youth The Imagined Mistress 9. By Way of a Conclusion Appendix 1. Pairs, Sequences, Groups and Theme Clusters 2. Conjectured Dates of Composition for the Sonnets 3. Addressees of the Sonnets 4. A step-by-step Approach to Sonnet 75 5. Model Interpretation of Sonnet 106 References and Commentary on Key Works Index
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