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Shakespeare's Love Poems (illustrated Collector's Edition)

(uk) Written By William Shakespeare Illustrated By Eric Gill

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"Shakespeare's Love Poems (Illustrated Collector's Edition)" compiles Shakespeare's love poems into one volume, with exquisite illustrations by the legendary British artist Eric Gill. It contains four major chapters in sequence: "Venus and Adonis", "Sonnets" and "Sonnets". "The Lover's Complaint" and "The Love Seeker" are accompanied by detailed translator's explanations and annotations. In addition to maintaining the rhythm of the original poem, the English poetry translator Mr. Cao Minglun also retained the rhyme pattern of the original poem during the translation, allowing readers to truly understand the unique charm of Shakespeare's love poems. "Venus and Adoni" is a very popular love narrative poem at the end of the 16th century. It is based on Ovid's "Metamorphoses" and describes Venus, the goddess of love, pursuing the young Adonis, a passionate romantic story of a woman pursuing a man. The poem is fresh and lively, has beautiful melody, exquisite metaphors and magnificent language. There are 154 "Sonnets" in total. They are a symbol of the mature development of Shakespeare's humanistic spirit and a monument to his superb artistic level. They are full of praise for truth, goodness and beauty, criticism of falsehood, evil and ugliness, and yearning for human liberation, personal dignity and social justice. "The Lover's Complaint" is a rare complaint poem whose style emerged during the Renaissance. It was praised by critics as soon as it was published in the early 17th century. "Love Seeker" has a total of 21 songs, which are catchy and have a ballad flavor.