You Kiss by th' Book: New Poems from Shakespeare's Line

By: Gary Soto

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Synopsis: In his engaging new collection, National Book Award finalist Gary Soto creates poems that each begin with a line from Shakespeare and then continue in Soto's fresh and accessible verse. Drawing on moments from the sonnets, Hamlet, Macbeth, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and others, Soto illuminates aspects of the source material while taking his poems in directions of their own, strategically employing the color of "thee" and "thine," kings, thieves, and lovers. The results are inspired, by turns meditative, playful, and moving, and consistently fascinating for the conversation they create between the Bard's time and language and our own here and now.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781452151069
Related ISBNs:: 9781452148298
Publisher:: Chronicle Books LLC
Date of Addition:: 09/18/18
Copyrighted By:: Chronicle Books
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Poetry, Literature and Fiction, Drama, Plays and Theater, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.