AnyBook4Less.com
Find the Best Price on the Web
Order from a Major Online Bookstore
Developed by Fintix
Home  |  Store List  |  FAQ  |  Contact Us  |  
 
Ultimate Book Price Comparison Engine
Save Your Time And Money

The Sonnets (Pelican Shakespeare)

Please fill out form in order to compare prices
Title: The Sonnets (Pelican Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare, Stephen Orgel, John Hollander
ISBN: 0-14-071453-7
Publisher: Penguin Books
Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001
Format: Paperback
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $4.95
Your Country
Currency
Delivery
Include Used Books
Are you a club member of: Barnes and Noble
Books A Million Chapters.Indigo.ca

Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Customer Reviews

Rating: 5
Summary: Classic poetry
Comment: The sonnet is one of the more difficult-to-write forms of poetry, with very strict rules on rhyming and lines, and that makes Shakespeare's collection of sonnets all the more impressive. Shakespeare sprinkled his various plays with poetry and songs, but there is something of a different flavor to these works.

Titleless, identified only by numbers, these poems have vivid metaphors and imagery ("let not winter's ragged hand deface," "gold candles fix'd in heaven's air"). The tone of the poetry varies from one sonnet to the next; sometimes it focuses on old age, to love that "looks upon tempests and is not shaken," and simple expressions that can't really be interpreted any other way. Some of it is pretty well-known ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate") but most of them you won't have seen before.

Even if you're not normally a fan of poetry, the delicate touch of Shakespeare's words is worth checking into. Fantastic.

Rating: 5
Summary: A great find - It's both volumes
Comment: This edition of the sonnets is one of the most important and the description on Amazon is misleading - It is actually both volumes 24 and 25 bound together so you get the complete set It's hard to find this book so it is a great find in this version

Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful Collection
Comment: Shakespeare's amazing Sonnets are compiled here in this wonderful volume, a great addition to anyone's bookshelf. If you love Shakespeare, then this is a must-have book.

Similar Books:

Title: The Caedmon Poetry Collection: A Century of Poets Reading Their Work
by Various
ISBN: 0694522783
Publisher: HarperAudio
Pub. Date: 25 April, 2000
List Price(USD): $29.95
Title: Seven Ages: An Anthology of Poetry With Music
by Naxos Audio
ISBN: 9626341890
Publisher: Naxos Audio Books
Pub. Date: February, 2000
List Price(USD): $15.98
Title: Shakespeare: Audio Collection
by William Shakespeare, Vanessa Redgrave, Keith Mitchell
ISBN: 0694522708
Publisher: HarperAudio
Pub. Date: December, 1999
List Price(USD): $50.00
Title: Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson
by Emily Dickenson, Emily Dickinson, Joan Allen, Stephanie Beacham
ISBN: 193105682X
Publisher: New Millennium Audio
Pub. Date: September, 2001
List Price(USD): $15.00
Title: Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings and a Miscellany
by Henry Irving, William Shakespeare, Various Artists
ISBN: 9626342005
Publisher: Naxos Audio Books
Pub. Date: September, 2000
List Price(USD): $15.98

Thank you for visiting www.AnyBook4Less.com and enjoy your savings!

Copyright� 2001-2021 Send your comments

Powered by Apache