Shakespeare on love / edited by Stephen Brennan.

Contributor(s):

Brennan, Stephen [Editor]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Skyhorse Publishing, c2014.Description: 258 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781629144122

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

PR 2771 .S53 2014

Contents:

Smote by Love.--Love's Seductions.--Love in Action (Acts of Love).--Inconstant Love.--Love's Recriminations.--Lover's Parting.--Love's Reconciliations.--The Hope of Love.

Summary: "Shall we compare thee to a summer's day". William Shakespeare is ubiquitous throughout the Western world as the master of the written word, and the above-quoted "Sonnet 18" is celebrated as one of the most exquisite love poems of all time. Love comes in all forms-friendly, familial, unrequited, and lustful--and impressively, the bard's canon works with them all. His views on love--whether they be amorous and passionate or obsessive and unsettling--are provocative to the mind and imagination. The modern reader will recognize poignant turns of phrase--though still used today, they originated from Shakespeare--known for inventing much of the modern English vocabulary. Shakespeare on Love draws from the entire Shakespeare canon: love sonnets, plays, and songs. Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and countless others all have their place. In one complete volume, discover the lyrical, the funny, the lewd, and the idolatrous passages on love as composed by the most influential writer of the English language.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Smote by Love.--Love's Seductions.--Love in Action (Acts of Love).--Inconstant Love.--Love's Recriminations.--Lover's Parting.--Love's Reconciliations.--The Hope of Love.

"Shall we compare thee to a summer's day". William Shakespeare is ubiquitous throughout the Western world as the master of the written word, and the above-quoted "Sonnet 18" is celebrated as one of the most exquisite love poems of all time. Love comes in all forms-friendly, familial, unrequited, and lustful--and impressively, the bard's canon works with them all. His views on love--whether they be amorous and passionate or obsessive and unsettling--are provocative to the mind and imagination. The modern reader will recognize poignant turns of phrase--though still used today, they originated from Shakespeare--known for inventing much of the modern English vocabulary. Shakespeare on Love draws from the entire Shakespeare canon: love sonnets, plays, and songs. Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and countless others all have their place. In one complete volume, discover the lyrical, the funny, the lewd, and the idolatrous passages on love as composed by the most influential writer of the English language.

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