Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-156) and index.
Contents:
Shakespeare and English poetry -- Shakespeare's banquet of sense : Venus and Adonis -- Constraint and complaint in Lucrece -- Mysteries of the Sonnets : dedication, publication, sequence, characters -- Time and mortality in the Sonnets -- Friendship and love, darkness and lust : desire in the Sonnets -- Solitary and mutual flames : A Lover's Complaint and The Phoenix and Turtle -- Fantasies of Shakespearean authorship.
Summary:
"Shakespeare's poems, aside from the enduring appeal of the Sonnets, are much less familiar today than his plays, despite being enormously popular in his lifetime. This Introduction celebrates the achievement of Shakespeare as a poet, providing students with ways of understanding and enjoying his remarkable poems"--Provided by publisher.
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