Darrel Walters

The Wit and Wisdom of Shakespeare

32 Sonnets Made Thoroughly Accessible

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In partnerships with the website sonnetsofshakespeare.com, which contains video recordings of the author reciting each sonnet, The Wit and Wisdom of Shakespeare thoroughly demystifies 32 of Shakespeare's sonnets. Each is presented and illuminated by a short Essence Statement, clarified in a Diagram for Greater Understanding, and described in a unique and entertaining narrative description. Embedded within the descriptions are tidbits of interesting information about Shakespeare, his associates, and cultural circumstances of the time-along with writing techniques and word play in which Shakespeare indulged, and observations from Shakespeare scholars.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 170
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 256g
• ISBN-13: 9781475818369
• ISBN-10: 147581836X
• Artikelnr.: 42965850

Autorenporträt

By Darrel Walters - Foreword by Michael Schoenfeldt

Inhaltsangabe

Forward Preface Acknowledgements Chapter One: The Sonnets of William
Shakespeare Background and Perspective The Sonnet Format The Organization
of This Book Suggestions for Using This Book Chapter Two: Living Life's
Span Sonnet 2 Your youthful beauty will fade, but you can duplicate it by
having a child Sonnet 50 Journeys oppress me with the miles they put
between us Sonnet 66 Human frailties irk me; your love is my only
consolation Sonnet 30 Your presence, dear friend, salves my many mid-life
regrets Sonnet 60 Time passes cruelly for all, but I leave to posterity
high praise for you Sonnet 73 My advanced age shortens our time left
together, making your love for me more strong Sonnet 74 After my body is
gone, the best of me will remain with you in my verse Chapter Three: Seeing
the Unseen Sonnet 47 My eye and heart work together to keep you present
even when you are away Sonnet 27 When I travel I recall your image to
beautify the darkness of night Sonnet 61 When you travel, I recall your
image and worry about who you are with Sonnet 113 When you and I are apart,
I superimpose your image on everything Sonnet 43 I see best while asleep,
as that is when my dreams show you to me Sonnet 24 I carry your image in my
heart, but I need you to reveal your inner self Chapter Four: Declaring
Devotion Sonnet 76 My writing lacks variety only because you are my sole
subject Sonnet 91 What others covet means nothing to me: you are everything
Sonnet 143 I will support your surging ambitions, and in return ask only
for love and kindness Sonnet 29 Though I am lowly, your love is so rich
that I rejoice in being me and having you Sonnet 37 Fortune has failed to
smile on me, so I live life vicariously through you Sonnet 116 With
apologies to those who already know, I preach of the unwavering nature of
true love Chapter Five: Managing Relationships Sonnet 128 I am infatuated
with you, and long for your touch Sonnet 80 I pursue you in desperate hope
of overcoming the competition Sonnet 109 My absence has damaged our
relationship, but you need to know that you mean everything to me Sonnet 20
Your fineness suggests that Mother Nature intended you for a woman, but
changed her mind Sonnet 115 When I first wrote of my love for you I was
naïve about how much it would continue to grow Sonnet 90 If you will hate
me and leave me, do it now rather than add to later woes Sonnet 147 I am
enslaved by a sick, destructive love that has chased away all reason
Chapter Six: Keeping Beauty Alive Sonnet 15 I restore to you through my
verse what Time takes from you through decay Sonnet 55 Through my verse you
will outlive grand structures and inspire posterity's lovers Sonnet 54 When
your outer beauty fades, my verse will testify to your inner substance
Sonnet 17 My verse lauding your beauty will be lent credibility by your
having a child Sonnet 65 If time batters all things, how can fragile beauty
survive? Through my verse Sonnet 18 Other beauty fades, but my verse will
keep yours alive forever References Index