{"product_id":"reading-shakespeares-poetry-by-dympna-callaghan-9780470659205","title":"Reading Shakespeare's Poetry","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading Shakespeare’s Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA lively exploration of Shakespeare’s poems and how they speak to readers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading Shakespeare’s Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e presents a fresh interpretation of Shakespeare’s non-dramatic poems, providing insights into the individual poems, their themes and composition, and their relation to the cultural context of Shakespeare’s world. Dympna Callaghan considers what makes Shakespeare’s language poetic and shows how his poetry is comprised not only of lyrical intensity but also of the language of everyday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePresented chronologically, lucidly-written chapters examine \u003cem\u003eVenus and Adonis, Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle,\u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eSonnets,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Lover’s Complaint\u003c\/em\u003e. Special attention is paid to the distinctive ways in which lineation, rhyme, verse forms, and meter serve to delineate or erase the boundaries of Shakespeare’s poetry. Throughout the book, the author explains how Shakespeare’s language is influenced by predecessors such as Ovid and Petrarch while highlighting how ideas about the social and cultural function of poetry permeate Shakespeare’s works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eOffers an eminently readable yet scholarly exploration of the literary importance of Shakespeare’s poems\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eExplains the technical features of Shakespeare’s poetic language\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eAddresses the significance of the material form in which Shakespeare’s poems appear\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eIncludes a discussion of songs, poems, and sonnets embedded in Shakespeare’s dramatic verse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReading Shakespeare’s Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e is both a fresh and indispensable guide to the poems and a significant critical intervention. This is a must-have book for scholars, students, and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597676462316,"sku":"9780470659205","price":124.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/b4c80b170398c589387168def0d27d52.jpg?v=1778028110","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/reading-shakespeares-poetry-by-dympna-callaghan-9780470659205","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}