Notes on The Sonnets by Luke Kennard
Luke Kennard recasts Shakespeare's 154 sonnets as a series of anarchic prose poems set in the same joyless house party. Wry, insolent and self-eviscerating, Notes on the Sonnets riddles the Bard with the anxieties of the modern age, bringing Kennard's affectionate critique to subjects as various as love, marriage, God, metaphysics and a sad horse.
'Joyously unclassifiable' -The Guardian, 'Kennard's book, this endless party talk, is as riddling and enjoyable as the old sonnets on which it riffs. Think of it as the ideal cabaret: it never coheres, it never wants to, and it'll never leave you at a loss for fun.' - Five stars, The Telegraph, 'Consistently entertaining ... (Kennard's) most mature and emotionally vulnerable collection yet.'-Tristram Fane Saunders, TLS, 'Luke Kennard has the uncanny genius of being able to stick a knife in your heart with such originality and verve that you start thinking "aren't knives fascinating... and hearts, my god!" whilst everything slowly goes black.'- Caroline Bird, 'Family life, doubt and faith, society, people, writers, social commentary, dark matter and string theory, the world at large, are all covered at some pace, each poem containing laugh-aloud ideas but also deep and considered moments which sneak up and surprise you ... extraordinary and original.'- Rupert Loydell, International Times
Luke Kennard is the author of five collections of
poetry and three pamphlets. His second collection,
The Harbour Beyond the Movie, was shortlisted for
the 2007 Forward Prize for Best Collection and
his fifth, Cain, for the 2017 Dylan Thomas Prize.
He lectures in Creative Writing at the University
of Birmingham.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908058812 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908058811 |
| Title | Notes on The Sonnets |
| Author | Luke Kennard |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penned in the Margins |
| Year published | 2021-04-23 |
| Prizes | Winner of The Forward Prize for Best Collection 2021, Commended for Rathbones Folio Prize 2022 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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