{"product_id":"the-art-of-shakespeares-sonnets-9780674637122","title":"The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A great achievement, the work of an author with an almost devout passion for good poems.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Frank Kermode, \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Criticism of the \u003ci\u003eSonnets\u003c\/i\u003e, and by extension, critical accounts of poetry, will never be the same again.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Tom Paulin, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive guide to Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eSonnets\u003c\/i\u003e from the most accomplished critic of our time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than four centuries after its initial publication, William Shakespeare's \u003ci\u003eSonnets\u003c\/i\u003e is still very much a living text. Despite all the regalia of its Elizabethan English, despite its baroque grammatical dislocations, Shakespeare's major work of lyric poetry remains an inexhaustible source of literary wonder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn detailed commentaries on each of the 154 sonnets, Helen Vendler offers a lucid analysis of the verse stylings that we have come to call \"Shakespearean.\" The supreme accomplishment of these fourteen-line poems, Vendler demonstrates, lies not in their often-conventional themes and images--love and death, roses and thorns, summer's heat and winter's cold--nor in some hidden, deeper meaning, but in the seemingly effortless virtuosity of their arrangements. Shakespeare's sly subversions, his boundless capacity for formal invention, and his uncanny ability to breathe life into even the most commonplace metaphors betray a poetic imagination that has never yet found its equal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresented alongside both the original and the modernized texts, Vendler's commentaries not only illuminate the sheer abundance of Shakespeare's rhetorical strategies and his dynamic use of the sonnet form; they also reveal the sharp satire and scandalous irreverence that he directs toward everything from traditional sexual mores to Petrarchan views of love. Above all, Vendler provides an unparalleled view of a poetic mind at work, both Shakespeare's and her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10392722\"\u003eHelen Vendler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 6.54w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674637122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674637127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT015000\"\u003eShakespeare\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT014000\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48458050830573,"sku":"9780674637122","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_6f16aa8b-3f76-47d4-a636-343dc8e89bb0.jpg?v=1753593792","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-art-of-shakespeares-sonnets-9780674637122","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}