{"product_id":"themes-and-variations-in-shakespeares-sonnets-paperback-softback","title":"Themes and Variations  in Shakespeare's Sonnets - Paperback \/ softback","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1961.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45546699391214,"sku":"9780415612241","price":74.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780415612241.jpg?v=1720238260","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/themes-and-variations-in-shakespeares-sonnets-paperback-softback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}