Life in the Sonnets: Reading and Performance

by David Fuller

Book Overview

Current norms of literary criticism tend to ignore ways in which literary experiences relate to life experience, and some ways in which literary experiences can be intensified and deepened. In this vibrant and controversial book, David Fuller seeks to recover the life in Shakespeare's sonnets, arguing that feeling and emotion, often ignored in criticism, should be central. He offers two ways of attempting this - first engaging with the poems through...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847064531
• ISBN13: 9781847064530
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"