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On Shakespeare's Sonnets: A Poets' Celebration

On Shakespeare's Sonnets: A Poets' Celebration


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About the Book

In the four hundred years since Shakespeare's death, the Sonnets have invited imitation, homage, critique, parody and pastiche. These new poems probe our relationship to the Sonnets' intricate form and ambitious scope, their investigation of sexuality, wit, memory and poetic survival. These sonnets and longer lyrics explore what it means to write 'on Shakespeare's Sonnets' in the 21st century.
Published in association with the Royal Society of Literature contributing poets include: Andrew Motion, Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, Paul Muldoon, Ruth Padel, Simon Armitage, Roger McGough and Jo Shapcott.



Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
What poverty my Muse brings forth;Roger McGough
Sonnet 1; William Shakespeare
Senex on Market Street; Douglas Dunn
Sonnet 11; William Shakespeare
Thirty-Five; Jackie Kay
Sonnet 12; William Shakespeare
Rhapsodies; Andrew Motion
Sonnet 15; William Shakespeare
Sonnet 15: A Graft; Paul Muldoon
Sonnet 18; William Shakespeare
Dream; P. J. Kavanagh
Sonnet 20; William Shakespeare
Di-Di-Dah-Dah-Di-Dit; Simon Armitage
Sonnet 22; William Shakespeare
Sonnet; Wendy Cope
Sonnet 33; William Shakespeare
Hearing Voices; Mimi Khalvati
Sonnet 35; William Shakespeare
Peacemaker; Michael Symmons Roberts
Sonnet 36; William Shakespeare
Two; Don Patterson
Sonnet 38; William Shakespeare
After Sonnet 38; Nick Laird
Sonnet 43; William Shakespeare
The Trick; Imtiaz Dharker
Sonnet 49; William Shakespeare
At the Halle; Bernard O'Donoghue
Sonnet 55; William Shakespeare
The Sonnets; Michael Longley
Sonnet 60; William Shakespeare
Time's Fool; Kevin Crossley-Holland
Your Life as a Wave; Ruth Padel
Sonnet 65; William Shakespeare
Storm, Nissaki; Robin Robertson
Two Sonnets; Alan Brownjohn
Sonnet 71; William Shakespeare
Still Life; John Burnside
Sonnet 73; William Shakespeare
73 Shakespeare Close; David Harsent
2014/2015; Jo Shapcott
Sonnet 80; William Shakespeare
Salvage; Alan Jenkins
Sonnet 94; William Shakespeare
Three Views of a Secret; Sean O'Brien
Sonnet 99; William Shakespeare
Gentian Violet; Paul Farley
Sonnet 116; William Shakespeare
Magnetism; Gillian Clarke
CXVI; Carol Ann Duffy
Betrayal; Elaine Feinstein
Sonnet 143; William Shakespeare
Drowned Man; Fiona Sampson
W.S.: The Tithon Sonnets; John Fuller
List of Contributors and Notes to Poems
Index of Poets
Index of First Lines



About the Author :

Hannah Crawforth is Lecturer in Shakespeare Studies at King's College London, UK.

Elizabeth Scott-Baumann is Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature at King's College London, UK.



Review :
These contributors are some of the best, and best-known poets writing today ... The result is a slimly elegant book of new poetry, some of it very fine indeed ... It really is extraordinary that these sonnets, first published in 1609, can still be engendering such a range of new ideas and ways of expressing them. Congratulations to the editors Hannah Crawforth and Elizabeth Scott-Baumann. Wendy Cope's version of sonnet 22, a meditation on age with a twist on enduring love, is a triumph; Carol Ann Duffy's dazzling response to sonnet 116 reinvents the idea of "impediments" to true marriage. An original and inspired idea ... This exciting collection reminds us that themes of ageing, love, lust and emotional cruelty transcend time. A wise and often beautiful book, inventive and witty. This slim volume of poetry offers plenty of meaty material for actors or drama students looking for something fresh and interesting to read or perform ... A collection of interesting new poems on ageing, death, mortality, illness and love which force you to read the sonnets which inspired them in a refreshing new light. Rather ingenious ... A sparky little book. This small volume is a pure delight: a collection of poems (mostly sonnets) by many of England’s leading writers in varied and sensitive response to Shakespeare’s Sonnets … Each one is essentially intimate, celebrating the lyric spirit of Shakespeare’s Sonnets … One of the delights of these poems, in addition to their own wonder as poems, is that they take one back to the sonnets that inspired them to see and hear anew. Offering engaging insights, enjoyable surprises and vivid glimpses of experience, On Shakespeare’s Sonnets is very much a living celebration. This collection is excellent, a fun introduction to both modern poetry and Shakespeare’s classics.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781474221580
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare
  • Height: 206 mm
  • No of Pages: 112
  • Sub Title: A Poets' Celebration
  • Width: 126 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1474221580
  • Publisher Date: 11 Feb 2016
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 284 gr


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