Shakespeare's Sonnets and Narrative Poems
Alongside Spenser, Sidney and the early Donne, Shakespeare is the major poet of the 16th century, largely because of the status of his remarkable sequence of sonnets. Professor Cousins' new book is the first comprehensive study of the Sonnets and narrative poems for over a decade. He focuses in particular on their exploration of self-knowledge, sexuality, and death, as well as on their ambiguous figuring of gender. Throughout he provides a comparative context, looking at the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The relation between Shakespeare's non-dramatic verse and his plays is also explored.
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Shakespeare's Sonnets and Narrative Poems
Alongside Spenser, Sidney and the early Donne, Shakespeare is the major poet of the 16th century, largely because of the status of his remarkable sequence of sonnets. Professor Cousins' new book is the first comprehensive study of the Sonnets and narrative poems for over a decade. He focuses in particular on their exploration of self-knowledge, sexuality, and death, as well as on their ambiguous figuring of gender. Throughout he provides a comparative context, looking at the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The relation between Shakespeare's non-dramatic verse and his plays is also explored.
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Shakespeare's Sonnets and Narrative Poems

Shakespeare's Sonnets and Narrative Poems

by A. D. Cousins
Shakespeare's Sonnets and Narrative Poems

Shakespeare's Sonnets and Narrative Poems

by A. D. Cousins

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Alongside Spenser, Sidney and the early Donne, Shakespeare is the major poet of the 16th century, largely because of the status of his remarkable sequence of sonnets. Professor Cousins' new book is the first comprehensive study of the Sonnets and narrative poems for over a decade. He focuses in particular on their exploration of self-knowledge, sexuality, and death, as well as on their ambiguous figuring of gender. Throughout he provides a comparative context, looking at the work of Shakespeare's contemporaries. The relation between Shakespeare's non-dramatic verse and his plays is also explored.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781138160613
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/27/2017
Series: Longman Medieval and Renaissance Library
Pages: 236
Product dimensions: 5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

A. D. Cousins is Professor of English at Macquarie University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgem ents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Venus and Adonis

Chapter 2 Lucrece

Chapter 3 Shakespeare’s Sonnets 1-19: The Y oung
Man, the Poet and Father Tim e

Chapter 4 Shakespeare’s Sonnets 20-126: The Poet,
the Young Man, Androgyny and Friendship

Chapter 5 Shakespeare’s Sonnets 127—154: The Poet,
the Dark Lady and the Young Man

Conclusion
Index

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