{"product_id":"poems-by-william-shakespeare-9781903436875","title":"Poems","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1593, Shakespeare awoke and found himself famous. Lines from his comic, erotic, tragic poem \u003cem\u003eVenus and Adonis\u003c\/em\u003e were on everyone's lips. The appearance in 1594 of the darkly reflective and richly descriptive \u003cem\u003eRape of Lucrece\u003c\/em\u003e confirmed his fame as \"Sweet Master Shakespeare,\" Elizabethan England's most brilliant non-dramatic poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShorter poems in this volume testify further to Shakespeare's versatility and to his poetic fame. Some, like the much-debated \u003cem\u003ePhoenix and Turtle\u003c\/em\u003e, pose problems of meaning; others raise questions about authorship and authenticity. Detailed annotation and a full introduction seek to resolve such difficulties while also locating Shakespeare's poems in their literary context, which includes his own career as a playwright.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47427414229228,"sku":"9781903436875","price":36.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781903436875.jpg?v=1774767670","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/poems-by-william-shakespeare-9781903436875","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}