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020			_a9780199535798
082			_a821.3 _bSHA
100			_aShakespeare, William
245			_aThe complete sonnets and poems
260			_bOxford University Press, _c2002 _aOxford :
300			_aix, 750 p. _c20 cm.
365			_b649.00 _c₹ _d01
490			_aOxford world's classics
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_aShakespeare's Sonnets are among the most complex and beautiful poems ever written. Their exploration of love, praise, homo- and hetero-sexual desire is enacted in the richest, densest writing in English. And the first printed work to which Shakespeare's name was attached was the erotic narrative poem, Venus and Adonis, which developed a sumptuous vocabulary in which to explore love, praise of the beloved, sexual desire, and the power of rhetoric. That poem was so popular that most of Shakespeare's contemporaries thought of him as primarily a poet, rather than a playwright. Yet despite the power of Shakespeare's poems, and their foundational place within his oeuvre, modern readers have seldom been encouraged to engage with his non-dramatic works as a whole. This new edition explains how this state of affairs has arisen, and why it needs to be changed.". "The volume contains the complete Sonnets and poems with a full commentary. An extensive and lively introduction explores Shakespeare's poetic development, and shows how the poems relate to each other and to his dramatic works.
650			_aSonnets
650			_aPoems
700			_aBurrow, Colin _eed.
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