Themes and variations in Shakespeare's sonnets / J. B. Leishman.
TITLE:
Themes and variations in Shakespeare's sonnets / J. B. Leishman.
Publication Date:
1966, 1961
Publication Information:
New York : Harper & Row,Publishers,
Edition:
1st Harper Torchbook ed.
Physical Description:
254 p.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index,
Summary:
This study analyses Shakespeare's treatment of the universal themes of Beauty, Love and Time. He compares Shakespeare with other great poets and sonnet writers - Pindar, Horace and Ovid, with Petrarch, Tasso and Ronsart, with Shakespeare's own English predecessors and contemporaries, notably Spenser, Daniel and Drayton and with John Donne.
Language:
English
General Note:
"Harper Torchbooks/The Academy Library."
