
Without 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. Over 150 poems deal with love, friendship, the tyranny of time, beauty's evanescence, death and other themes in language unsurpassed in power, precision and beauty. Now this inexpensive Dover edition enables any lover of poetry or fine literature to have
Complete Sonnets
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Описание и характеристики
Издание на английском языке.
- Тип обложки Мягкий переплёт
- Количество страниц 74
- Вес, г 500
- Размер 0x21.5x14.5
- Издательство Dover Publications
- Серия Dover Thrift Editions
- Год издания 2006
- ISBN 0-486-26686-9, 978-0-486-26686-2
- ID товара 1813183