Shakespeare: The Sonnets

by John Blades

Book Overview

The appearance in 1609 of Shakespeare's Sonnets is cloaked in mystery and controversy, while the poems themselves are masterpieces of silence and deception. The intervening 4 centuries have done little to diminish either their mystique or their appeal, and recent years have witnessed an upsurge in interest in these brilliant and contentious lyrics.

John Blades' penetrating study of the Sonnets is a highly lucid introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140399241X
• ISBN13: 9781403992413
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Red Globe Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.5"