Shakespeare's Poetry
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DVD.
Series features on location filming, scholarly interviews, and dramatic poetry readings.
DVD extras: educator's guide; expert citations.
Early life -- Venus and Adonis -- Rape of Lucrece -- The Shakespearean sonnet -- The Fair Youth Sonnets: 1-26 -- The Dark Lady Sonnets: 127-154 -- The legacy of Shakespeare's sonnets -- Metaphysical poetry -- The later years.
Hosted by Bill Ambrose.
Narrated by Alphonse Keasley.
Explains that Shakespeare's poetry taps into all aspects of human nature. Traces the early life of the Bard and the influence of his classical education in the creation of Venus and Adonis and the Rape of Lucrece. In contrast, the Shakespearean sonnet is viewed as a personal rather than a public construction. The rhyming and thematic structure of the Italian, Petrachian, sonnet is compared to Shakespeare's "English" sonnet. "The Phoenix and the Turtle", is featured as Shakespeare's philosophical contribution to metaphysical poetry.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed captioned.
PUBLISHED
New York : Ambrose Video, c2014.
Year Published: 2014
Description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Ambrose, William,
Keasley, Alphonse,
Meyer, Ron,
James, Kenny,
Centre Communications,
Ambrose Video Publishing,
SUBJECTS
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Poetic works.
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616.
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Religious poetry, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
Narrative poetry, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
Poetics.
Poetry -- History and criticism.
Educational films.