The Sonnets

An active approach to Shakespeare in the classroom.

William Shakespeare (Author), Rex Gibson (Edited by)

9780521559478, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 28 February 1997

208 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.362 kg

"The whole job has been conscientiously and capably done. Gibson strikes an appropriate tone and register. As a school textbook of the sonnets this volume could hardly be bettered." Shakespeare Quarterly

Like the plays in the Cambridge School Shakespeare series, The Sonnets has been specially prepared to help all students in schools and colleges. Each sonnet is presented with accompanying material which aims to enrich your own experience of the poem, whilst leaving you to make your own mind up about the sonnet rather than having someone else's interpretation and judgement handed down to you. You will find help with unfamiliar words, with imagery, and with other 'poetic' features, as well as suggestions for practical work.

What is a sonnet?
Introducing The Sonnets
Title page: 1609 edition
Dedications: 1609 edition
The sonnets
The sonnet tradition
Themes: love, time and poetry
The language of The Sonnets
Links with the plays
Studying The Sonnets
Index of first lines
William Shakespeare.

Subject Areas: School editions of Shakespeare [YQES]