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I‘ve been dipping in and out of these sonnets in leisure, (and in mood), sometimes listening to Patrick Stewart‘s recitals, other times reading the text then with the help of a reading guide. In such a concise structure with fixed pattern verses, so much emotional depth can be found, it just amazes me. I don‘t understand them all or enjoyed each of them, but the rich language, and wit of some of them are a pleasure to read and return to in future.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OsIgiH-E8yg&t=239s

Many of us first encountered Shakespeare‘s plays as text before experiencing them as theater. Shakespeare is textual. He‘s also typographic. In this free public lecture, Claire Bourne illuminates how typographic decision-making—from typefaces to page design—has shaped how we read and engage with Shakespeare.

COVID has me still weak and reading is eh so …Shakespeare

#shakespearereadalong peeps

Hey #shakespearereadalong gang, what‘s a good, readable, biography of Edward III? I‘m particularly interested in his personal life, not his wars, and nothing sleep-inducingly academic. Thanks in advance. @GingerAntics @merelybookish @Graywacke

After I finished the Sonnets, I kept reading this book, rereading the Sonnets in the odd ordering here, but at a rapid pace. I finished this week. #shakespearereadalong

This edition deconstructs the narrative under the sonnets, reordering them in what might be the order of actual composition. And adding sonnets from the plays. It's terribly destructive, but also forces us to look at each sonnet differently, which is actually really nice. 👇

For my #shakespearereadalong friends. Some are funnier than others. But the last one.😂💀
https://electricliterature.com/what-does-your-favorite-shakespeare-play-say-abou...
@GingerAntics @Graywacke @batsy @Lcsmcat @TheBookHippie

I‘m not generally a poetry reader, so this was tough, but I‘m glad to have made my way through all 154 of the sonnets and added another post-it in my complete Shakespeare! A few caught my attention, some were more interesting after seeing other readers post about them, and several I just read through.

#ShakespeareReadalong #poetry #audiobook

I found Vendler, a Harvard professor & critic, to be a comforting & sensible companion as I made my way through the sonnets. Her close readings are what would be deemed old-school these days, but they are what poetry deserves: the study of its language, the puzzle of its verbal mechanisms. Sometimes the discussion becomes super technical, but she doesn't lose me because she still stays within the poem. This kind of deep reading feels meditative.

Wading through the murky depths of Shakespeare's psyche is like staring into the abyss & having it stare back at you. Not for the faint-hearted, & for this reason I'm so glad to have had the company of the #ShakespeareReadAlong gang as we made our way through the 154 sonnets, in the capable hands of our guide @GingerAntics . I've always known it was about "love" but the sequence of sonnets is divided between those written to a young man & a woman.

#BookReport #DaiseysReadingWeek
🎧 Uprooted
📖 A Tangled Web
🎧 Kafka on the Shore

#CurrentlyReading
📖 The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien #FellowshipOfTolkien
📖 & 🎧 #BibleBuddyRead
📖 & 🎧 Shakespeare‘s Sonnets #ShakespeareReadalong

#WeeklyForecast
📚 Hopefully, I can make more progress on current reads and finish Shakespeare‘s Sonnets.
📚 I want to start Wild River as my at school print read and My Contrary Mary on audio.

Sonnet 148. I like this one about the madness or rather the blindness of true love ❤️.

Apologies for my prolific posts. I‘ve almost finished the
#shakespearereadalong #sonnets
along with these crazy cats
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