Shakespeare's Poems: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece and The Shorter Poems (Arden Shakespeare: Third Edition) - Softcover

William Shakespeare

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903436877 ISBN 13: 9781903436875

Publisher: Arden Shakespeare, 2007

Synopsis

In 1593 Shakespeare awoke and found himself famous. Lines from his comic, erotic, tragic poem Venus and Adonis were on everyone's lips.The appearance in 1594 of the darkly reflective and richly descriptive Rape of Lucrece confirmed his fame as 'Sweet Master Shakespeare', Elizabethan England's most brilliant non-dramatic poet. Shorter poems in this volume testify further to Shakespeare's versatility and to his poetic fame. Some, like the much-debated 'Phoenix and Turtle', 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.

About this title

About the Authors

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English dramatist, poet, and actor, generally regarded as the greatest playwright of all time.

Henry Woudhuysen is Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, UK.

Katherine Duncan-Jones was Professor of Early Modern English at Somerville College, University of Oxford, UK. Publications include Shakespeare's Sonnets (The Arden Shakespeare, 1997) and the critically acclaimed biography Shakespeare: An Ungentle Life (The Arden Shakespeare, 2010).

From the Back Cover

The Arden Shakespeare is the established scholarly edition of
Shakespeare's work. This volume features the narrative poems Venus and
Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, as well as shorter poems, such as the
collection of sonnets and amorous lyrics entitled The Passionate Pilgrim
and `The Phoenix and Turtle'. Also included are various poems and epigrams
attributed to Shakespeare.

This edition of Shakespeare's Poems provides:
- A clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards of
scholarship.
- Detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text.
- A full, illustrated introduction to the poems' historical and cultural
contexts.
- An in-depth survey of critical approaches to the poems.
- A full index to the introduction and notes.
- A select bibliography of references and further reading.

With a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary, The Arden Shakespeare is
the finest edition of Shakespeare you can find.

Edition details

• Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903436877
• ISBN 13: 9781903436875
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 616
• Editor: Katherine Duncan-Jones, H.R. Woudhuysen