Research Catalog

Title

Shakespeare's poems : Venus and Adonis, the rape of Lucrece and the shorter poems / edited by Katherine Duncan-Jones and H.R. Woudhuysen.

Author

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Publication

London : Arden Shakespeare, 2007.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Duncan-Jones, Katherine.
• Woudhuysen, H. R.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.

Description

xix, 593 p. : ill.; 20 cm.

Summary

"The Arden Shakespeare is the established scholarly edition of Shakespeare's work. This volume features the narrative poems Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece, as well as shorter poems, such as the collection of sonnets and amorous lyrics entitled The Passionate Pilgrim and 'The Phoenix and Turtle'. Also included are various poems and epigrams attributed to Shakespeare." "This edition of Shakespeare's Poems provides: a clear and authoritative text, edited to the highest standards of scholarship; detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text; a full, illustrated introduction to the poems' historical and cultural contexts; an in-depth survey of critical approaches to the poems; a full index to the introduction and notes; and a select bibliography of references and further reading." "With a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary, The Arden Shakespeare is the finest edition of Shakespeare you can find."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

• The Arden Shakespeare. Third series
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Works. 1995.

Uniform Title

Poems. Selections.

Alternative Title

Poems.

Subject

• Lucretia > Poetry
• Venus (Roman deity) > Poetry
• Adonis (Greek deity) > Poetry

Genre/Form

Poetry

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 546-568) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Venus and Adonis The rape of Lucrece, and the shorter poems.

ISBN

• 9781903436868 (hbk.)
• 1903436869 (hbk.)
• 9781903436875 (pbk.)
• 1903436877 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 182851385
• SCSB-11632734

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library