Shakespeare's sonnets / edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, author.

Contributor:

Folger Shakespeare Library.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Mowat, Barbara A., editor.

Werstine, Paul, editor.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Folger Shakespeare library (Series)

Folger Shakespeare Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sonnets, English.

Genre:

Poetry

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xl, 391 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.

Other Title:

At head of title: Folger Shakespeare Library.

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2020.

Summary:

The authoritative edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets from The Folger Shakespeare Library, the trusted and widely used Shakespeare series for students and general readers, includes: -Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on the facing page of each sonnet -A brief introduction to each sonnet, providing insight into its possible meaning -An index of first lines -Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books -An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the sonnets

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: The Sonnets

Text of the Poems with Commentary

Two Sonnets from The Passionate Pilgrim

Longer Notes

Textual Notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-382) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781982157029

198215702X

OCLC:

1140707713

Publisher Number:

99987022475