William Shakespeare : The Sonnets *(English)-Text with Paraphrase, Notes, Important Explanations, Questions and Answers  (Paperback, N.K. Gupta)

Edited with: General Introduction, Text with Paraphrase, in English and Hindi, Word- Meanings, Scene wise Summary in English and Hindi, Character-Sketches, classical Allusions and References, Act and Scene wise Critical Comments, Explanations of Important Passages, Questions and Answers, including Objective Type Questions, etc. CONTENTS Chapters General introduction Birth and Parentage of William Shakespeare Shakespeare’s Anne Shakespeare Leaves Stratford Shakespeare in London University Wits and the Young Dramatist Shakespeare’s London The Soul in Eclipse The Great Tragic Vision of Life Shakespeare the Man — Still an Enigma Tributes paid to Shakespeare A General Estimate of Shakespeare as a Poet Shakespeare as a Sonneteer Special Introduction The Sonnet as a Form of Poetry Elizabethan Sonnets The Elizabethan Sonneteers Twenty-Four Elizabethan Sonnets The Theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnets and History of their Publication Shakespeare’s Patron: Southampton The Fair Youth of the Sonnets The Portrait of Mr. W. H. The Dark Lady of the Sonnets Neo-Platonism in Shakespeare’s Sonnets Text, Paraphrase and Notes Explanations of Important Sonnets Questions and Answers Chronology Select Bibliography