The Wit and Wisdom of Shakespeare
Autor Darrel Waltersen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 dec 2015
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781475818369
ISBN-10: 147581836X
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 152 x 226 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN-10: 147581836X
Pagini: 168
Dimensiuni: 152 x 226 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield
Notă biografică
Cuprins
Forward
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: The Sonnets of William Shakespeare Background and Perspective The Sonnet Format The Organization of This Book Suggestions for Using This Book
Chapter Two: Living Life¿s Span
Sonnet 2
Your youthful beauty will fade, but you can duplicate it by having a child
Sonnet 50
Journeys oppress me with the miles they put between us
Sonnet 66
Human frailties irk me; your love is my only consolation
Sonnet 30
Your presence, dear friend, salves my many mid-life regrets
Sonnet 60
Time passes cruelly for all, but I leave to posterity high praise for you
Sonnet 73
My advanced age shortens our time left together, making your love for me more strong
Sonnet 74
After my body is gone, the best of me will remain with you in my verse
Chapter Three: Seeing the Unseen
Sonnet 47
My eye and heart work together to keep you present even when you are away
Sonnet 27
When I travel I recall your image to beautify the darkness of night
Sonnet 61
When you travel, I recall your image and worry about who you are with
Sonnet 113
When you and I are apart, I superimpose your image on everything
Sonnet 43
I see best while asleep, as that is when my dreams show you to me
Sonnet 24
I carry your image in my heart, but I need you to reveal your inner self
Chapter Four: Declaring Devotion
Sonnet 76
My writing lacks variety only because you are my sole subject
Sonnet 91
What others covet means nothing to me: you are everything
Sonnet 143
I will support your surging ambitions, and in return ask only for love and kindness
Sonnet 29
Though I am lowly, your love is so rich that I rejoice in being me and having you
Sonnet 37
Fortune has failed to smile on me, so I live life vicariously through you
Sonnet 116
With apologies to those who already know, I preach of the unwavering nature of true love
Chapter Five: Managing Relationships
Sonnet 128
I am infatuated with you, and long for your touch
Sonnet 80
I pursue you in desperate hope of overcoming the competition
Sonnet 109
My absence has damaged our relationship, but you need to know that you mean everything to me
Sonnet 20
Your fineness suggests that Mother Nature intended you for a woman, but changed her mind
Sonnet 115
When I first wrote of my love for you I was naïve about how much it would continue to grow
Sonnet 90
If you will hate me and leave me, do it now rather than add to later woes
Sonnet 147
I am enslaved by a sick, destructive love that has chased away all reason
Chapter Six: Keeping Beauty Alive
Sonnet 15
I restore to you through my verse what Time takes from you through decay
Sonnet 55
Through my verse you will outlive grand structures and inspire posterity¿s lovers
Sonnet 54
When your outer beauty fades, my verse will testify to your inner substance
Sonnet 17
My verse lauding your beauty will be lent credibility by your having a child
Sonnet 65
If time batters all things, how can fragile beauty survive? Through my verse
Sonnet 18
Other beauty fades, but my verse will keep yours alive forever
References
Index
Descriere
In partnerships with the website sonnetsofshakespeare.com, which contains video recordings of the author reciting each sonnet, The Wit and Wisdom of Shakespeare thoroughly demystifies 32 of Shakespeare's sonnets. Each is presented and illuminated by a short Essence Statement, ...