bought this yest (in olive green cover)
William Shakespeare on the Art of Love:
The Most Eloquent Love Passages in Shakespeare's Plays and
Poetry - Includes All 154 Sonnets.
The beauty and meaning behind his poetry and prose has meant
that Shakespeare's work has lived on throughout history long after
his death. We still fall in love and become passionate, or jealous,
or dim-witted, or melancholy, or dreamy, or vengeful, or courageous
on behalf of a loved one. We still use language with outlandish
imagery or moving simplicity of expression to attempt the
impossible - that is, distil the essence of love into words.
Shakespeare achieved this alchemy of the imagination as no other
writer before or since. Here, in a beautiful volume to treasure, we
offer wonderful words on love in all its moods, in verse and prose,
from the poetry and the plays - with a brilliantly illuminating
introduction and commentary from a Shakespeare scholar. From the
star-crossed Romeo and Juliet, and the witty Benedick and Beatrice,
to the broody passion of Othello and the Dark Lady of the sonnets,
there is so much here to admire, enjoy and be moved by.
