The Afterlife of Shakespeare''s Sonnets
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1107170656
ISBN-13
9781107170650
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 29th, 2019
Print length
294 Pages
Weight
604 grams
Dimensions
23.60 x 23.20 x 1.80 cms
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This is a unique study of how readers have engaged with Shakespeare's Sonnets over four centuries. Jane Kingsley-Smith reveals the fascinating cultural history of individual Sonnets and explores their belated entry into the Shakespeare canon. The work will appeal to specialists in Shakespeare studies, English poetry and Renaissance literature.
Why did no one read Sonnet 18 for over one hundred years? What traumatic memories did Sonnet 111 conjure up for Charles Dickens? Which Sonnet did Wilfred Owen find particularly offensive on the WW1 battlefront? What kind of love does Sonnet 116 celebrate and why? Filling a surprising gap in Shakespeare studies, this book offers a challenging new reception history of the Sonnets and explores their belated entry into the Shakespeare canon. Jane Kingsley-Smith reveals the fascinating cultural history of individual Sonnets, identifying those which were particularly influential and exploring why they rose to prominence. This is a highly original study which argues that we should redirect our attention away from the story that the Sonnets tell as a sequence, to the fascinating afterlife of individual Shakespeare Sonnets.
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