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The Sonnets

The Pelican Shakespeare
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The Sonnets by William Shakespeare, presented in the acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, offers authoritative and meticulously researched texts of Shakespeare's timeless poems. This edition, edited by John Hollander, features an introduction and a detailed note on the text, alongside essays on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time. With updated scholarship and a dazzling new cover design by Manuja Waldia, this collection remains a definitive resource for exploring Shakespeare's poetic genius.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now repackaged in award-winning modern covers to inspire Shakespearians of all ages.

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel.

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The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now repackaged in award-winning modern covers to inspire Shakespearians of all ages.

The acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series, now in a dazzling new series design.

Winner of the 2016 AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers competition.

Gold Medal Winner of the 3x3 Illustration Annual No. 14.

A Penguin Classic.

This edition of The Sonnets is edited with an introduction by John Hollander and was recently repackaged with cover art by Manuja Waldia. Waldia received a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators for the Pelican Shakespeare series.

The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with scholarship by renowned Shakespeareans. Each book includes an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare's time, an introduction to the individual play, and a detailed note on the text used.

Updated by general editors Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller, these easy-to-read editions incorporate over thirty years of Shakespeare scholarship undertaken since the original series, edited by Alfred Harbage, appeared between 1956 and 1967. With stunning new covers, definitive texts, and illuminating essays, the Pelican Shakespeare will remain a valued resource for students, teachers, and theatre professionals for many years to come.

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β€œGorgeous new Shakespeare paperbacks.” β€”Marlon James, author of A Brief History of Seven Killings

β€œI have been using the Pelican Shakespeare for years in my lecture courseβ€”it's invaluable, the best individual-volume series available for students.” β€”Marjorie Garber, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of English and Visual and Environmental Studies, Harvard University

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780143131717

Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 November 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Plume

Contributors:

  • Edited by John Hollander
  • Edited by John Hollander

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 208

About the Author

William Shakespearewas born in Stratford-upon-Avon in April, 1564, and his birth is traditionally celebrated on April 23. The facts of his life, known from surviving documents, are sparse. He died on April 23, 1616, and was buried in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford. A. R.Braunmulleris Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California at Los Angeles. He has written critical volumes on George Peele and George Chapman and has edited plays in both the Oxford (King John) and Cambridge (Macbeth) series of Shakespeare editions. He is also general editor of The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Stephen Orgelis the Jackson Eli Reynolds Professor of the Humanities at Stanford University and general editor of the Cambridge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture. His books includeImagining Shakespeare,The Authentic Shakespeare,Impersonations- The Performance of Gender in Shakespeare's EnglandandThe Illusion of Power.

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