The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Poetry

by Michael Schoenfeldt

Book Overview

Shakespeare's poems, aside from the enduring appeal of the Sonnets, are much less familiar today than his plays, despite being enormously popular in his lifetime. This Introduction celebrates the achievement of Shakespeare as a poet, providing students with ways of understanding and enjoying his remarkable poems. It honours the aesthetic and intellectual complexity of the poems without making them seem unapproachably complicated, outlining their exquisite...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052170507X
• ISBN13: 9780521705073
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"