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by: William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.3
EAN: 9780743273282
ISBN: 0743273281
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 704
Publication Date: August 15, 2006
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Sales Rank: 611237
Studio: Washington Square Press
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FOLGER SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY THE WORLD'S LEADING CENTER FOR SHAKESPEARE STUDIES This edition includes: - Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on the page facing each sonnet and poem
- A brief introduction to each sonnet and poem, providing insight and context
- Introductions to reading Shakespeare's language in the sonnets and in the poems
- Essays by leading Shakespeare scholars who provide modern perspectives on the sonnets and on the poems
- Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essays by Lynne Magnusson and Catherine Belsey The 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. For more information, visit www.folger.edu.
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Rating: - Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage
Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit,
To thee I send this written embassage,
To witness duty, not to show my wit.
(Sonnet 26.)
How to do justice to the legacy of literary history's greatest mind - moreover in such a limited review? Forget Goethe's "universal genius" and his rebel contemporary Schiller; forget the 19th century masters; forget contemporary literature: with the possible (!) exception of three Greek gentlemen named Aischylos, Sophocles and Euripides, ... Read More
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