The Sonnets

William Shakespeare (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

164 Seiten

2009
Macmillan Collector's Library (Verlag)
978-1-905716-67-8 (ISBN)

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Presents the poems that deal with many of William Shakespeare's most common themes: jealousy, betrayal, melancholy.

The Sonnets of William Shakespeare, a cycle of 154 linked poems, were first published or 'entered' at Stationers' Hall by the publisher Thomas Thorpe on 20th May 1609. This 400th-anniversary edition contains all of the poems and they deal with many of Shakespeare's most common themes: jealousy, betrayal, melancholy, and are written in the same beautiful and innovative language that we have come to know from his plays. They ache with unfulfilled longing, and for many they are the most complete and moving meditations on love ever written.

With an Afterword by Peter Harness.

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, in 1564. The date of his birth is not known but is traditionally 23 April, St George's Day. Aged 18, he married a Stratford farmer's daughter, Anne Hathaway. They had three children. Around 1585 William joined an acting troupe on tour in Stratford from London, and thereafter spent much of his life in the capital. A member of the leading theatre group in London, the Chamberlain's Men, which built the Globe Theatre and frequently performed in front of Queen Elizabeth I, Shakespeare wrote 36 plays and much poetry besides. He died in 1616.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.4.2009
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	103 x 157 mm
Gewicht	158 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
ISBN-10	1-905716-67-2 / 1905716672
ISBN-13	978-1-905716-67-8 / 9781905716678
Zustand	Neuware