sonnets, english

Literary critic Helen Vendler presents the 1609 Quarto versions and modern versions of William Shakespeare's 154 sonnets and detailed commentary on each.

Profiles the poems and sonnets of William Shakespeare and discusses why his poems are still popular, how they influenced other poets, how they help shape the country's identity, and other related topics.

Presents biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a selection of poems and sonnets by sixteenth-century author William Shakespeare.

Contains a selection of the most popular sonnets of Shakespeare, reproduced from "The Alexander Text of the Complete Works of Shakespeare," and includes the works of seven other sonneteers of the Elizabethan era, arranged chronologically according to their dates of birth.

Contains a selection of criticism written in response to the sonnets of William Shakespeare from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, and includes a summary of the sonnets, three key poems, and a biography of the author.

Features the sonnets and narrative poems of William Shakespeare and provides a brief biography of the author and playwright, a chronology of events in his life, an index of the poems' first lines, and textual notes.

Presents biographical information about William Shakespeare and a collection of critical essays discussing various aspects of his sonnets, including characters, themes and meanings, and poetic technique.