Synopses & Reviews
A volume of essays by leading Shakespearean scholars on Shakespeareâs poetry, including the Sonnets.
Synopsis
This Companion seeks to bridge the current gap between Shakespeareâs poems and plays, as well as between his âtheatricalâand his âpoeticalâachievements. Chapters discuss the Sonnets, individual narrative poems, the topic of poetry in the plays, the special contexts important for viewing âShakespearean poetryâ, and the afterlife of this topic. The book presents Shakespeare as a pioneering author of poems and plays, one who remains committed to the intersection of the poetical with the theatrical within the English and European tradition both on stage and page.
About the Author
Patrick Cheney is Professor in the Department of English at Pennsylvania State University.
Table of Contents
Chronology; Preface; Introduction: Shakespeareâs poetry in the twenty-first century Patrick Cheney; 1. Shakespeare and the development of English poetry William J. Kennedy; 2. Rhetoric, style, and poetic form John Roe; 3. Print and manuscript Lukas Erne; 4. Venus and Adonis Coppélia Kahn; 5. The Rape of Lucrece Catherine Belsey; 6. The Passionate Pilgrim and âThe Phoenix and TurtleâJames P. Bednarz; 7. The Sonnets Michael Schoenfeldt; 8. A Loverâs Complaint Katherine Rowe; 9. Poetry, politics, and religion Andrew Hadfield; 10. Love, beauty, and sexuality Danielle Clarke; 11. Shakespeare and classicism Heather James; 12. Poetry in Shakespeareâs plays Patrick Cheney; 13. Poetry and performance David Schalkwyk; 14. Reception and influence Sasha Roberts; Reference works on Shakespeareâs poetry.