Audio: From Shakespeare with Love - Sonnets

From Shakespeare with Love
Audio

William Shakespeare’s ‘sugared sonnets’ circulated privately amongst his friends and colleagues for many years, but the public had to wait until their publication in 1609 to enjoy these masterpieces on every aspect of love. Whether it’s fidelity, obsession, jealousy or the love of friends, Shakespeare seems to know about it all. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of their publication, a rich variety of have been brought together to show the many different ways in which these sonnets can be interpreted.

The story: only days after finishing his widely-praised production of "Hamlet in the West End", David Tennant came into the Naxos AudioBooks studio to record some of Shakespeare's finest sonnets, including "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?". He joined a strong cast of readers presenting some 70 sonnets in fresh performances to mark the 400th anniversary of the first publication of "The Sonnets" in 1609.


37MB, 96kbps, MP3
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eBook: William Shakespeare - The Complete Sonnets and Poems (Oxford World's Classics)

William Shakespeare - The Complete Sonnets and Poems (Oxford World's Classics)
Edited by Colin Burrow

This is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death) in one volume. A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to the plays, and detailed notes explain the language and allusions. While accessibly written, the edition takes account of the most recent scholarship and criticism.

761 pages, PDF, 3MB, No Password
http://www.fileserve.com/file/Q2JVu45/SHK-SnnetsPmsOxfrd.rar

-This is an excellent annotated edition of the sonnets - highly recommended.

eBook: A Companion to Shakespeare's Sonnets

A Companion to Shakespeare's Sonnets
(Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture)
Michael Schoenfeldt (Editor)

This Companion represents the myriad ways of thinking about the remarkable achievement of Shakespeare’s sonnets.

    * An authoritative reference guide and extended introduction to Shakespeare’s sonnets.
    * Contains more than 20 newly-commissioned essays by both established and younger scholars.
    * Considers the form, sequence, content, literary context, editing and printing of the sonnets.
    * Shows how the sonnets provide a mirror in which cultures can read their own critical biases.
    * Informed by the latest theoretical, cultural and archival work.

535 Pages, PDF, 3.2MB
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http://www.fileserve.com/file/9pRvw7Y/SHK-BWCmpnionSnnets.rar

eBook: The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Poetry (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Poetry (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Edited by Patrick Cheney

This Companion provides a full introduction to the poetry of William Shakespeare through discussion of his freestanding narrative poems, the Sonnets, and his plays. Fourteen leading international scholars provide accessible and authoritative chapters on all relevant topics: from Shakespeare's seminal role in the development of English poetry, the wide-ranging practice of his poetic form, and his enigmatic place in print and manuscript culture, to his immersion in English Renaissance politics, religion, classicism, and gender dynamics. With individual chapters on Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Passionate Pilgrim, 'The Phoenix and the Turtle', the Sonnets, and A Lover's Complaint, the Companion also includes chapters on the presence of poetry in the dramatic works, on the relation between poetry and performance, and on the reception and influence of the poems. The volume includes a chronology of Shakespeare's life, a note on reference works, and a reading list for each chapter.

PDF, 314 pages, 1.5MB:
http://www.fileserve.com/file/RtvCEBY/SHK-CmbrdgeCmpninPoetry.rar
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eBook: The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets - George Bernard Shaw

The Dark Lady Of The Sonnets
George Bernard Shaw

An imaginary adventure between William Shakespeare and Queen Elizabeth. Will Shakespeare goes to the palace to meet the Dark Lady to whom he addressed his sonnets of love, only to find instead the Queen herself taking a walk before retiring. He is so fascinated by her – keeps writing down her bon mots – that he does not notice the approach of his Dark Lady, who is furiously jealous and gives them both a drubbing in the dark. Both poet and prince meet in agreement that man does not live by bread alone.

When George Bernard Shaw wrote this piece, in 1910, he had hopes of it serving as a fundraiser in aid of establishing a National Theatre School in Britain, to honour the works of Shakespeare. It would be more than half a century later before this dream would be realized.

Project Gutenberg .pdf file; .5mb

http://rapidshare.com/files/134433257/Dark_Lady_Of_The_Sonnets-George_Bernard_Shaw.rar
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Extra: Here is an interesting article about this play.

Film: The Angelic Conversation (1985, Derek Jarman)

The Angelic Conversation
(1985)

Info Links:
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0088722/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angelic_Conversation_(film)
http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/441285/

Visionary filmmaker Derek Jarman juxtaposes dreamlike imagery with 14 Shakespeare sonnets, as read by Judi Dench, to celebrate the love affair between two men.

Download Links:
http://rapidshare.com/files/124544843/TheAngelicConversation.part1.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/124548547/TheAngelicConversation.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/124551638/TheAngelicConversation.part3.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/124554515/TheAngelicConversation.part4.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/124557385/TheAngelicConversation.part5.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/124560284/TheAngelicConversation.part6.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/124563101/TheAngelicConversation.part7.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/124563600/TheAngelicConversation.part8.rar

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