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Shakespeare's sonnets and poems : a very short introduction /

By: Post, Jonathan F. S, 1947- [author.].
Series: Very short introductions: 534.Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017Description: 140 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 18 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780198717577; 9780198717577:; 0198717571.Subject(s): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Poetic works | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation | Criticism and interpretation | Poets, English -- Early modern, 1500-1700DDC classification: 821.3
Contents:
Poet and playwright -- Venus and Adonis -- The rape of Lucrece -- On first looking into Shakespeare's Sonnets -- Further patterns and irruptions in the Sonnets -- A lover's complaint and "The phoenix and the turtle" -- Timeline: England.
Summary: Jonathan Post introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry, including the sonnets and his great narrative poems, and explores themes of love and lust in these works. He also considers the debates surrounding their disputed authorship, and the impact these poems had, from contemporary readers right up to today.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-134) and index.

Poet and playwright -- Venus and Adonis -- The rape of Lucrece -- On first looking into Shakespeare's Sonnets -- Further patterns and irruptions in the Sonnets -- A lover's complaint and "The phoenix and the turtle" -- Timeline: England.

Jonathan Post introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry, including the sonnets and his great narrative poems, and explores themes of love and lust in these works. He also considers the debates surrounding their disputed authorship, and the impact these poems had, from contemporary readers right up to today.

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