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 Shakespeare’s sonnets Quotes
4,695 words, approx. 16 pages
 This page is for select quotations of The Sonnets of William Shakespeare ; for the complete set of poems, see The Sonnets at Wikisource . From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty's rose might never die... I From fairest creatures...
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| Name: |
William Shakespeare | | Birth Date: |
April 23, 1564 | | Death Date: |
April 23, 1616 | | Place of Birth: |
Stratford-upon-Avon, England | | Place of Death: |
Stratford-upon-Avon, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer |
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 Biography of William Shakespeare
35385 words, approx. 118 pages
 "He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake... summary from source:
 Biography of William Shakespeare
30474 words, approx. 101.6 pages
"He was not of an age, but for all time." So wrote Ben Jonson in his dedicatory verses to the memory of William Shakespeare in 1623, and so we continue to affirm today. No other writer, in English or in any other language, can rival the appeal that Shake... summary from source:
Biography of William Shakespeare
10254 words, approx. 34.2 pages
William Shakespeare's reputation is based primarily on his plays. With the partial exception of the Sonnets (1609), quarried since the early nineteenth century for autobiographical secrets allegedly encoded in them, the nondramatic writings have traditio...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 W.H., Mr.
201 words, approx. 1 pagesperson known only by his initials, to whom the first edition of William Shakespeare's sonnets (1609) was dedicated:To the onlie begetter ofThese insuing sonnetsMr. W.H. all happinesseAnd that eternitiePromisedbyOur ever-living poetWishethThe... summary from source:
 Shakespeare’s sonnets Information
4,794 words, approx. 16 pages
Shakespeare's sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, is a collection of poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal with such themes as love, beauty, politics, and mortality. They were probably written over a period of several years. All 154...
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 Monarch Notes Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: The Sonnets And The Critics: A Survey
01/01/1963: 4,616 words, approx. 15 pages Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Critic: Violli, Unicio J. Affiliation: Associate Professor Of English, Fairleigh Dickinson University The Sonnets And The Critics: A Survey Sixteenth Century: Francis Meres: In 1598 Francis Meres wrote his Palladis Tamia: Wits Treasury, wherein he comments upon Shakespeare's passing his "sugared... summary from source:
Contemporary Review Northborough Sonnets.
07/01/1996: 728 words, approx. 2 pages The Northborough Sonnets are so named because they were written in the troubled years John Clare spent at Northborough between 1832 and 1837, by which time he had fallen into pitiful mental disrepair and agreed to have enlightened treatment by a Doctor Matthew... summary from source:
 The New York Observer The Single Returns! From Paglia to iPod, New Unit Aesthetic
4/17/2005: 2,877 words, approx. 10 pagesThe signs are there. Maybe it's too early, but I'd suggest we're on the verge of a new aesthetic dispensation, a tendency I'd call "The Return of the Singular." That's what I'm calling it, anyway. And, no, not just the "single" as in popular songs,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Jonathan Hart
16,242 words, approx. 54 pages
In the following essay, Hart explores Shakespeare's treatment of the themes of time and death in the sonnets, observing that Shakespeare's rhetoric in the sonnets transcends the boundaries of language and poetic modes.
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Critical Essay by Jane Hedley
14,750 words, approx. 49 pages
In the essay below, Hedley argues that Shakespeare's sonnets to the fair young man are narcissistic in their distinctive use of language and form.
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Critical Essay by Katherine Duncan-Jones
14,462 words, approx. 48 pages
In the following excerpt, Duncan-Jones reviews the publication history of Shakespeare's sonnets, focusing on several aspects of critical debate related to the 1609 publication.
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Essay Grade: 88%Countdown , a Film Analysis
1,402 words, approx. 5 pages
Analyzes Countdown, a short film (7 minute) by Heinz Hoienig. Discusses the central theme of the film. Describes how Hoienig deals with space and time and compares the film to a Shakespearean sonnet. summary from source:
Essay Grade: 88%Comparison and Contrast Essay- Shakespeare's Sonnet 60 Vs. Sonnet 18
1,358 words, approx. 5 pages
Both sonnets share the same general idea: the immortalization of the beloved. Beauty is seen as something that will change as time passes by; even though it is something the speaker almost refuses to admit. Nonetheless, the speaker, in both sonnets, defies time and vows to keep his beloved's beauty alive and well, even if it's only through the existence of his lines.
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