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The Life in the Sonnets
Professor David Fuller
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Description for The Life in the Sonnets
Paperback. An account of the value of experience and emotion in reading Shakespeare's sonnets and of the importance of reading poetry aloud. It discusses how reading the poems aloud can offer one of the best ways of fully participating in properly engaged reading. Series: Shakespeare Now!. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 182.
This is a passionately argued account of the value of experience and emotion in reading Shakespeare's sonnets and of the importance of reading poetry aloud. Current norms of literary criticism and education tend to ignore the ways in which literary experiences relate to life experience, and some of the ways in which literary experiences themselves can be intensified and deepened. In this vibrant and controversial book, David Fuller seeks to recover the life in Shakespeare's sonnets, arguing that, although feeling and emotion are often ignored in criticism, they should be central to literary experience. He offers two ways of attempting ... Read more
This is a passionately argued account of the value of experience and emotion in reading Shakespeare's sonnets and of the importance of reading poetry aloud. Current norms of literary criticism and education tend to ignore the ways in which literary experiences relate to life experience, and some of the ways in which literary experiences themselves can be intensified and deepened. In this vibrant and controversial book, David Fuller seeks to recover the life in Shakespeare's sonnets, arguing that, although feeling and emotion are often ignored in criticism, they should be central to literary experience. He offers two ways of attempting ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
Shakespeare Now!
Condition
New
Number of Pages
134
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847064547
SKU
V9781847064547
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Ref
99-50
About Professor David Fuller
David Fuller is Emeritus Professor of English in the University of Durham, UK. From 2002 to 2007 he was the University's Orator. He trained as a musicologist, and has written on a range of literary topics from Medieval to Modern. He is the author of Blake's Heroic Argument (1988), James Joyce's 'Ulysses' (1992), Signs of Grace (with David Brown, 1995). ... Read more
Reviews for The Life in the Sonnets
"The ambitious project of the Shakespeare NOW series is to bridge the gap between 'scholarly thinking and a public audience' and 'public audience and scholarly thinking'. Scholars are encouraged to write in a way accessible to a general readership and readers to rise to the challenge and not be afraid of new ideas and the adventure they offer. There are ... Read more