- Paperback: 73 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber (5 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0571200931
- ISBN-13: 978-0571200931
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.4 x 0.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,605,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a collection of Shakespeare's "love poetry", best known sonnets, selected songs and soliloquys from his plays, illustrated with pictures from Tom Stoppard's film of the same name. The film is a romantic comedy set in 1593, which find's Shakespeare struggling with writer's block.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I love it! Its really well presented in a small paperback book, it contains pictures from the film "Shakespeare in Love" in a soft grey colour. The fonts are old english and they go well with the style of the pictures. As for the actual content they have picked all the best love scene speechs from the plays and also some of the best sonnets and songs. I just loved the style of the whole thing, it would be a perfect present for someone who loves costume dramas and things like that, or as a romantic gesture to a partner!!! 10 out of 10
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
good intro to Shakespeare and love
22 Jun 2000
Format:Paperback
As a tie-in with the movie, this is a pretty great book. As a book of Shakespeare's sonnets and love poetry, it's not the best. It's a good book to own if you really enjoyed the movie or are just getting introduced to Shakespeare.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Nice book .... funny, funny comments by Amazon Readers
5 April 1999
Format:Paperback
Funny, I always thought the purpose of poetry was to say in verse which cannot be said any other way. Sure, poetry CAN be pretty, and soothing, and serene --- but NEED NOT be !!
Why do poets use metaphors? To confuse? No, but to reveal .... same with poetry, and music, and literature, and ... oh, you get it ....
Buy the book, relish in the movie, return to the source, the Bard. If it takes fragmented verse to take in the whole, so be it ....
... makes a nice Valentines's Day gift ...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
If you loved the movie, you'll love the book.
2 Mar 1999
Format:Paperback
This book feels as good in your hands as the film felt in your heart. Wonderful sepiatone photographs from the film are intertwined with passages from Shakespeares's sonnets, plays and poems. Read it from front to back, open it anywhere, it's a "little touch of Shakespeare in the night" when the night was made for lovers.
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