Book Description
Folger Shakespeare Library The world's leading center for Shakespeare studies • Full explanatory notes conveniently placedon the page facing each sonnet• A brief introduction to each sonnet, providing insight into its possible meaning• An index of first lines• An essay by Professor Lynne Magnusson, a leading Shakespeare scholar, providing a modern perspective on the poems• Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare booksThe Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs.

FROM OUR EDITORS

This lovely little volume contains all 154 of Shakespeare's sonnets, all strikingly beautiful poetry that was written throughout the Bard's life. Each sonnet is presented on its own page with a surrounding leaf design, so the sonnets stand on their own as individual works. Love, betrayal, despair, commitment, regret, spirituality, life, and death are explored in this eloquent poems penned by the greatest playwright and poet in the English language. Contains an index of first lines. 5" x 7 1/2".

FROM THE PUBLISHER

All 154 sonnets are presented here, with an informative introduction by Stanley Wells, one of the leading Shakespeare scholars of his generation. This authoritatively edited text also includes A Lover's Complaint and alternative versions of four of the sonnets.

FROM THE CRITICS

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