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The Wit and Wisdom of Shakespeare: 32 Sonnets Made Thoroughly Accessible(English)

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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, clarified in a Diagram for Greater Understanding, and described in a unique and entertaining narrative description. Embedded within the descriptions are tidbits of interesting information about Shakespeare, his associates, and cultural circumstances of the time—along with writing techniques and word play in which Shakespeare indulged, and observations from Shakespeare scholars.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
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


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781475818369
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Depth: 13
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 258 gr
  • ISBN-10: 147581836X
  • Publisher Date: 14 Dec 2015
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 230 mm
  • No of Pages: 168
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: 32 Sonnets Made Thoroughly Accessible
  • Width: 151 mm


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