Complete SonnetsWithout a doubt the most important of Shakespeare's nondramatic works, the sonnets have engendered reams of scholarly disputation as to the identity of "the dark lady" and the "lovely boy" to whom the vast majority are addressed. Controversy has also long simmered over the full name of the "W.H." of the dedication. What is not in dispute is the superior quality of these lyrics, which rank among the finest sonnets ever written — in any language. |
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William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare Complete Sonnets Complete Sonnets William Shakespeare Dover Publications, Inc. Mineola, New York. Front Cover.
William Shakespeare. Complete Sonnets William Shakespeare Dover Publications, Inc. Mineola, New York DOVER THRIFT EDITIONS Editor: Stanley Appelbaum Copyright Copyright © 1991.
... Sonnets, English. I. Title. II. Series. PR2848.A1 1991 821'.3—dc20 90-19741 CIP Manufactured in the United States by LSC Communications 26686923 2016 www.doverpublications.com Note THE SONNET , created in thirteenth - century Italy.
... sonnets were written in many European languages . The sonnets of the poet , playwright and actor William Shakespeare ( 15641616 ) , usually considered the greatest examples of the form in English , were most likely written during the sonnet ...
William Shakespeare. Contents The Sonnets 1 Glossary 69 Alphabetical List of First Lines 71 SONNETS TO · THE · ONLIE · BEGETTER · OF.