Themes and Variations in Shakespeare's Sonnets
| By: | J B Leishman |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415352956 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135032777 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2005 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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First published in 1961.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.By discussing their resemblances and differences, a not altogether orthodox picture of Shakespeare's attitude to life is presented, which suggests that he was not as phlegmatic and equable a person as critics have often supposed.