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Author Post, Jonathan F. S., 1947- author.

Title Shakespeare's sonnets and poems : a very short introduction / Jonathan F.S. Post
Edition First edition
Published Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (140 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
Series Very short introductions ; 534
Very short introductions ; 534.
Summary Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems: A Very Short Introduction introduces all of Shakespeare's poetry: the Sonnets; the two great narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece; A Lover's Complaint; and 'The Phoenix and Turtle'. Describing Shakespeare's double identity as both poet and playwright, in conjunction with several of his contemporaries, it evaluates the reciprocal advantages as well as the different strategies and strains that came with writing for the stage and the page
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Poetic works.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation.
SUBJECT Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast
Subject Criticism and interpretation
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780191787065
019178706X