Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
159
Language
English
Published
Jan 1, 2011
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
ISBN-10
184777072X
ISBN-13
9781847770721
Description
Inspired by the flotsam of contemporary culture, journalism, and spam emails, this collection of poetry transforms Shakespeare’s sonnet sequence into a celebration of the possibilities of language unleashed. Shakespeare’s themes of fading beauty, posterity, immortality, and death find their modern-day responses in celebrity gossip, consumer products, vampirism, and the credit crunch. Dynamic and anarchic, this exploration sheds light on Shakespeare and the contemporary world in a disturbing yet entertaining manner.
Genres
Children’s
Manga
Graphic Novels
Poetry
Contemporary