This edition first published in 1979. Discussing Shakespeare's sonnets in relation to sonnets by Italian, French and English poets, Kenneth Muir shows how they were influenced by Shakespeare's reading of Sidney, Erasmus and Ovid and discusses their art in terms of construction, sound patterns and imagery.  He considers the relationship of the sonnets to Shakespeare's dramatic writing, while stressing the dramatic element in the sonnets themselves. Finally he surveys the changing attitudes to the sonnets during the last three centuries.

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Literature & Fiction

Muir, Kenneth

History & Criticism

Unwin Hyman

The singularity of Shakespeare, and other essays (Liverpool English texts and studies)

Barnes&Noble Books

Shakespeare's Comic Sequence

Shakespeare's comic sequence

First published in 1972. The emphasis of this book is that each of Shakespeare's tragedies demanded its own individual form and that although certain themes run through most of the tragedies, nearly all critics refrain from the attempt to apply external rules to them. The plays are almost always concerned with one person; they end with the death of the hero; the suffering and calamity that befall him are exceptional; and the tragedies include the medieval idea of the reversal of fortune.

Shakespeare's Tragic Sequence

Barnes & Noble Imports

The comedy of manners (Hutchinson University Library: English literature)

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Hutchinson

Shakespeare's tragic sequence (Hutchinson university library. English literature)

King Lear

Penguin Uk

Antony And Cleopatra

<p>Discusses the background, themes, and dramatic technique of King Lear, offers a brief profile of Shakespeare, and suggests topics of discussion</p>

King Lear (Critical Studies, Penguin)

Dramas & Plays

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