EAN: 9780753562024

SHAKESPEARE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARES SONNETS RETOLD

'James Anthony has done something I would have confidently stated to be impossible. He has
"translated" Shakespeare's sonnets and he has done so with an insolent  loveable charm ... A
dazzling success ' - Stephen Fry    Rediscover the greatest love poetry ever written    Shall I
compare you to a summer's day?   You're more delightful  always shining strong    High winds
blow hard on flowering buds in May    And summer never seems to last that long... 
Shakespeare's sonnets are some of the nation's favourite lines of verse  but the Elizabethan
language can make it difficult to really understand them. Many guides offer to clarify the
meaning  but lose the magic of the words by explaining them away.  James Anthony has done
something boldly different.  He has rewritten the whole series of poems as sonnets using modern
language   while retaining the rhythm and rhyme patterns that gives them such power. In doing
so he breathes new life into the original poems and opens them up for a modern readership 
demystifying Shakespeare's eternal poetry with provocative new translations and delightful new
lines.  Presented as an attractive book with the original sonnets facing their new translations
this is a stunning collection of beautiful love poems  made new.

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