The Sense of Form in Literature and Language

by Michael Shapiro, Marianne Shapiro

Eleven essays on literature (poetry and prose fiction), versification, and language, including analyses of Shakespeare's Sonnets and Dostoevsky's novels.

396 pages, Paperback

First published June 15, 1998

About the author

Michael Shapiro writes about travel, the performing arts, and environmental issues for magazines and newspapers. A former staff reporter and editor at newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area, he’s the author of The Creative Spark, a collection of interviews with many of the world’s most creative people, and A Sense of Place, featuring conversations with leading travel writers. His stories appear in National Geographic, AFAR, The Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle and many other publications.