![]() ![]() And it's lovely to look at the facsimile of the 1609 quarto while listening to the sonnets. ![]() I appreciated the integration of the Arden notes, so you can click on a line and find out what it means. Most fascinating is his emphasis on the weirdness and borderline misogyny of the sonnets, a view echoed by the other academics interviewed for the app. It's like sitting in the pub with a witty, more literary friend, who uses language such as "mind bouillabaisse" and "post-coital freak-out". Paterson's commentary is the best thing about this app. Reading outside and trying vainly to shield my iPad from the glare, I prayed the sun would go in so I could see what Don Paterson had to say about Sonnet 129. The Sonnets app, like its older sister The Waste Land, has the power to awaken passions (in my case, Shakespeare and poetry) you never knew you had. Imagine an interactive version of Radio 4's In Our Time where you, not Melvyn, are in charge, and instead of having to hurry the dons so as not to eat into Book of the Week, you have endless time to explore the intricacies of the subject. ![]()
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