Reading Shakespeare's Sonnets

Shakespeare's sonnets of 1609 are as thrilling and persuasive today as they were when they were first published: perhaps no collection of verses before or since has so captured the imagination of lovers and readers as these. In this stunning new edition of the work, Don Paterson, an award-winning sonneteer and lyric poet in his own right, offers an illuminating and accessible guide to these unforgettable verses. In a series of mesmerising and highly-entertaining short commentaries, placed alongside the sonnets themselves, Don Paterson explains the inner workings of the poems: their hidden structures and techniques, their narratives and their brilliance. An approachable handbook to the sonnets and the sonnet form, packed with reading tips and advice on the craft, this new edition offers an enjoyable and indispensable insight into our greatest Elizabethan writer by one of the leading poets of our own day.

ISBN 0571245021   Pages 528 ISBN13 9780571245024 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 819 Publisher Faber and Faber   Published in London Imprint Faber and Faber   Height (mm) 210 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 164 Publication date 04 Nov 2010   Spine width (mm) 42 DEWEY 821.3   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22

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