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

J. B. Leishman

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Publisher's 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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Book information

ISBN:	9780415612241
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Imprint:	Routledge
Pub date:	15 Dec 2010
DEWEY:	821.3
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	254
Weight:	470g
Height:	216mm
Width:	138mm
Spine width:	19mm