Shakespeare's Sonnets
William Shakespeare author Stephen Booth editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Yale University Press
Should be back in stock very soon
This prize-winning work provides a facsimile of the 1609 Quarto printed in parallel with a conservatively edited, modernized text, as well as commentary that ranges from brief glosses to substantial critical essays. Stephen Booth’s notes help a modern reader toward the kind of understanding that Renaissance readers brought to the works.
"Explications and analyses that will greatly enhance a reader’s understanding and enjoyment."—New York Times Book Review (on an earlier edition)
Winner of the ninth annual James Russell Lowell Prize given by the Modern Language Association (MLA)
Winner of the 1978 Explicator Literary Foundation Award
"The book seems to me to be indispensable to the serious student of Shakespeare's Sonnets, as well as being a repository of relevant information and sound critical sense for 'the common reader' who wants to deepen his understanding and enjoyment of these remarkable—and often baffling—poems."—L. C. Knights (on an earlier edition)
ISBN: 9780300085068
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 467g
608 pages