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All the Sonnets of Shakespeare

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This volume assembles all of William Shakespeare's sonnets in their probable order of composition, providing a fresh perspective on his career, personality, and sexuality. It includes sonnets written over at least thirty years, encompassing those for personal reasons, professional use, and love, as well as sonnets embedded in his plays as prologues, epilogues, and poetic elements. With an inspiring introduction that challenges long-held myths, alongside explanatory notes and modern English paraphrases, this edition makes Shakespeare's sonnets accessible and illuminates their deeper meanings.
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Format: Hardback
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Ideal for students, scholars, actors, and enthusiasts of Shakespeare and classical poetry seeking a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the sonnets and their place within his literary career.

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Intended for all readers of Shakespeare, this beautiful and ground-breaking book arranges Shakespeare's sonnets printed in 1609 in chronological order and intersperses the sonnets from the plays among them. A lively introduction provides essential background, while explanatory notes and modern English paraphrases illuminate the sonnets' meanings.

A beautiful edition of Shakespeare's sonnets in chronological order, including passages from his plays, freshly introduced and paraphrased.

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How can we look afresh at Shakespeare as a writer of sonnets? What new light might they shed on his career, personality, and sexuality?

Shakespeare wrote sonnets for at least thirty years, not only for himself, for professional reasons, and for those he loved, but also in his plays, as prologues, as epilogues, and as part of their poetic texture. This ground-breaking book assembles all of Shakespeare's sonnets in their probable order of composition. An inspiring introduction debunks long-established biographical myths about Shakespeare's sonnets and proposes new insights about how and why he wrote them.

Explanatory notes and modern English paraphrases of every poem and dramatic extract illuminate the meaning of these sometimes challenging but always deeply rewarding witnesses to Shakespeare's inner life and professional expertise. Beautifully printed and elegantly presented, this volume will be treasured by students, scholars, and every Shakespeare enthusiast.

All the Sonnets of Shakespeare offers a fresh perspective on the timeless work of one of history's greatest poets.

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Judi Dench praises the book as a fresh and lovely idea, highlighting the helpful notes and paraphrases for actors and readers alike. Kenneth Branagh calls this arrangement a revelation, applauding the clear narrative progression and human simplicity brought to light by the editors' scholarship. The work is noted for its daring and illuminating approach, integrating sonnets from the plays with the 154 traditional poems, thereby enriching the reader's experience.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781108490399

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Cambridge University Press

Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises

Contributors:

  • Edited by Paul Edmondson
  • Edited by Stanley Wells
  • Edited by Stanley Wells

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 146.0mm

Height: 222.0mm

Weight: 560g

Pages: 306

About the Author

Paul Edmondson is Head of Research and Knowledge and Director of the Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival for the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. He is the author, co-author, and co-editor of many books and articles about Shakespeare, including Shakespeare: Ideas in Profile (2015), Twelfth Night (2005), The Shakespeare Circle: An Alternative Biography (2015) and Shakespeare Beyond Doubt: Evidence, Argument, Controversy (2013) (both with Stanley Wells for Cambridge University Press), Shakespeare's Creative Legacies (with Peter Holbrook, 2016); Finding Shakespeare's New Place: an archaeological biography (with Kevin Colls and William Mitchell, 2016) and New Places: Shakespeare and Civic Creativity (co-edited with Ewan Fernie, 2018). Professor Sir Stanley Wells Stanley Wells, CBE, FRSL, is Honorary President at The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. His many books include Shakespeare: For All Time (2002), Looking for Sex in Shakespeare (2004), Shakespeare & Co. (2006), Shakespeare, Sex, and Love (2010) and Great Shakespeare Actors (2015). He edited Shakespeare Survey for almost twenty years, and is co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Stage (with Sarah Stanton, Cambridge, 2002), The New Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare (with Margreta de Grazia, Cambridge, 2010) and The Shakespeare Circle: An Alternative Biography (with Paul Edmondson, Cambridge, 2015). He is also the General Editor of the Oxford and Penguin editions of Shakespeare.

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