The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint

The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2004-08-26
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0141914661

When this volume of Shakespeare's poems first appeared in 1609, he had already written most of the great plays that made him famous. The 154 sonnets - all but two of which are addressed to a beautiful young man or a treacherous 'dark lady' - contain some of the most exquisite and haunting poetry ever written, and deal with eternal subjects such as love and infidelity, memory and mortality, and the destruction wreaked by Time. Also included is A Lover's Complaint, originally published with the sonnets, in which a young woman is overheard lamenting her betrayal by a heartless seducer.

The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint

The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 423
Release: 1999
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0140436847

When this volume of Shakespeare’s poems first appeared in 1609, he had already written most of the great plays that made him famous. The 154 sonnets - all but two of which are addressed to a beautiful young man or a treacherous ‘dark lady’ - contain some of the most exquisite and haunting poetry ever written, and deal with eternal subjects such as love and infidelity, memory and mortality, and the destruction wreaked by Time. Also included is A Lover’s Complaint, originally published with the sonnets, in which a young woman is overheard lamenting her betrayal by a heartless seducer.

Shakespeare, Alchemy and the Creative Imagination

Shakespeare, Alchemy and the Creative Imagination
Author: Margaret Healy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2011-04-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107004047

Healy demonstrates how Renaissance alchemy shaped Shakespeare's bawdy but spiritual sonnets, transforming our understanding of Shakespeare's art and beliefs.

Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems

Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems
Author: Jonathan F. S. Post
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2017
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0198717571

Jonathan Post introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry, including the sonnets and his great narrative poems, and explores themes of love and lust in these works. He also considers the debates surrounding their disputed authorship, and the impact these poems had, from contemporary readers right up to today.

A Companion to Shakespeare's Sonnets

A Companion to Shakespeare's Sonnets
Author: Michael Schoenfeldt
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2010-03-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1444332066

This Companion represents the myriad ways of thinking about the remarkable achievement of Shakespeare’s sonnets. An authoritative reference guide and extended introduction to Shakespeare’s sonnets. Contains more than 20 newly-commissioned essays by both established and younger scholars. Considers the form, sequence, content, literary context, editing and printing of the sonnets. Shows how the sonnets provide a mirror in which cultures can read their own critical biases. Informed by the latest theoretical, cultural and archival work.

The Complete Sonnets and Poems

The Complete Sonnets and Poems
Author: William Shakespeare
Publisher:
Total Pages: 768
Release: 2002
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780198184317

'This Complete Sonnets and Poems is a distinguished addition to a distinguished series. It will repay continuing study, and act as a valuable point of reference for readers concerned more generally with Shakespeare's art and language. Colin Burrow's good sense, tact and balance as aneditor are deeply impressive.' -H. R. Woudhuysen, Times Literary SupplementThis is the only fully annotated and modernized edition to bring together Shakespeare's Sonnets as well as all his poems (including those attributed to him after his death). A full introduction discusses his development as a poet, and how the poems relate to his plays; detailed notes explain the language and allusions in clear modern English. While accessibly written, the edition takes account of the most recent scholarship and criticism.