The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint
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The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint
By (Author) William Shakespeare
Edited by John Kerrigan
Introduction by John Kerrigan
Notes by John Kerrigan
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
26th August 2004
29th April 1999
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Poetry by individual poets
Literary studies: plays and playwrights
Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800
821.3
Physical Properties
Paperback
464
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 20mm
319g
Description
When this volume of Shakespeare's poems first appeared in 1609, he had already written most of the great plays that made him famous. The 154 sonnets - all but two of which are addressed to a beautiful young man or a treacherous dark lady' - contain some of the most exquisite and haunting poetry ever written, and deal with eternal subjects such as love and infidelity, memory and mortality, and the destruction wreaked by Time. Also included is A Lover's Complaint, originally published with the sonnets, in which a young woman is overheard lamenting her betrayal by a heartless seducer.
Author Bio
William Shakespeare is the most revered English playright. His plays include Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Hamlet and King Lear. John Kerrigan is a lecturer in English at Cambridge University.
