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Themes and Variations in Shakespeare's Sonnets (Routledge Library Editions. Shakespeare. Critical Studies) - Softcover

Leishman, J. B.

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9780415612241: Themes and Variations in Shakespeare's Sonnets (Routledge Library Editions. Shakespeare. Critical Studies)
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ISBN 10: 0415612241 ISBN 13: 9780415612241
Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

First published in 1961. This study analyses Shakespeare's treatment of the universal themes of Beauty, Love and Time. He compares Shakespeare with other great poets and sonnet writers - Pindar, Horace and Ovid, with Petrarch, Tasso and Ronsart, with Shakespeare's own English predecessors and contemporaries, notably Spenser, Daniel and Drayton and with John Donne. By discussing their resemblances and differences, a not altogether orthodox picture of Shakespeare's attitude to life is presented, which suggests that he was not as phlegmatic and equable a person as critics have often supposed.

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Senior Lecturer in English Literature and Fellow of St. John's College

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2010
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415612241
ISBN 13 
9780415612241
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256
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