The Narrative Poems: Venus And Adonis; the Rape of Lucrece; the Phoenix And the Turtle; the Passionate Pilgrim (New Penguin Shakespeare S.) - Softcover

Evans, Maurice; Shakespeare, William

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9780140707434: The Narrative Poems: Venus And Adonis; the Rape of Lucrece; the Phoenix And the Turtle; the Passionate Pilgrim (New Penguin Shakespeare S.)

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ISBN 10: 0140707433 ISBN 13: 9780140707434

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1989

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A volume of Shakespeare's narrative poems - "Venus and Adonis", "The Rape of Lucrece", "The Phoenix and the Turtle" and "The Passionate Pilgrim". The book includes an introduction, a list of further reading, a commentary and a short account of the textual problems.

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From the Back Cover:

The general editors of the new series of forty-two volumes -- renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA -- have assembled a team of six eminent scholars who have, along with the general editors themselves, prepared new introductions and notes to all of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Redesigned in an easy-to-read format that preserves the favorite features of the original -- and including an essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare, an introduction to the individual play, and a note on the text used -- the new Pelican Shakespeare will be an excellent resource for students, teachers, and theater professionals well into the twenty-first century.

About the Author:

William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He wrote about 38 plays (the precise number is uncertain), many of which are regarded as the most exceptional works of drama ever produced, including Romeo and Juliet (1595), Henry V (1599), Hamlet (1601), Othello (1604), King Lear (1606) and Macbeth (1606), as well as a collection of 154 sonnets, which number among the most profound and influential love poetry in English. Shakespeare died in Stratford in 1616.

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