Shakespeare in Love: The Love Poetry of William Shakespeare [Paperback]

William Shakespeare (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0786884231 | ISBN-13: 978-0786884230 | Publication Date: December 4, 1998 | Edition: 1st

This is a collection of Shakespeare's "love poetry", best known sonnets, selected songs and soliloquys from his plays, illustrated with pictures from Tom Stoppard's film of the same name. The film is a romantic comedy set in 1593, which find's Shakespeare struggling with writer's block.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Balcony Scene, Fr. Romeo And Juliet
Courtship, Fr. As You Like It
Feste's Song (1), Fr. Twelfth Night
Gallop Apace. You Fiery-footed Steeds
If Music Be The Food Of Love, Play On
Inconstancy, Fr. Much Ado Abour Nothing
Juliet's Beauty, Fr. Romeo And Juliet
Love Is A Smoke Made With The Fume Of Sighs
Love, Fr. The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
Song, Fr. Measure For Measure
Song, Fr. The Two Gentelem Of Verona
Sonnet: 104
Sonnet: 106
Sonnet: 116
Sonnet: 130
Sonnet: 138
Sonnet: 18
Sonnet: 23
Sonnet: 24
Sonnet: 29
Sonnet: 40
Sonnet: 46
Sonnet: 49
Sonnet: 57
Sonnet: 71
Sonnet: 86
Sonnet: 98
To Die Is To Be Banish'd From Myself
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Miramax Books; 1st edition (December 4, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786884231
• ISBN-13: 978-0786884230
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,455,377 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good intro to Shakespeare and love, June 22, 2000

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Judith C. Coleman (Iowa City, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shakespeare in Love: The Love Poetry of William Shakespeare (Paperback)

As a tie-in with the movie, this is a pretty great book. As a book of Shakespeare's sonnets and love poetry, it's not the best. It's a good book to own if you really enjoyed the movie or are just getting introduced to Shakespeare.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice book .... funny, funny comments by Amazon Readers, April 5, 1999

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This review is from: Shakespeare in Love: The Love Poetry of William Shakespeare (Paperback)

Funny, I always thought the purpose of poetry was to say in verse which cannot be said any other way. Sure, poetry CAN be pretty, and soothing, and serene --- but NEED NOT be !!

Why do poets use metaphors? To confuse? No, but to reveal .... same with poetry, and music, and literature, and ... oh, you get it ....

Buy the book, relish in the movie, return to the source, the Bard. If it takes fragmented verse to take in the whole, so be it ....

... makes a nice Valentines's Day gift ...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you loved the movie, you'll love the book., March 2, 1999

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William F. Horwath "Czigany Will" (southfieldm michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shakespeare in Love: The Love Poetry of William Shakespeare (Paperback)

This book feels as good in your hands as the film felt in your heart. Wonderful sepiatone photographs from the film are intertwined with passages from Shakespeares's sonnets, plays and poems. Read it from front to back, open it anywhere, it's a "little touch of Shakespeare in the night" when the night was made for lovers.