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Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems

by William Shakespeare

S. & S. (Folger Shakespeare Lib.). 2006. 704p. ed. by Barbara A. Mowat & Paul Werstine. ISBN 9780743273282. pap. $13.95.

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Presented with helpful annotations and short explanatory essays, the sonnets are accompanied by a short summary and glossary on the facing page so that the poem itself is footnote free. Essays address the possible biographical nature of the poems and place them in the context of other similar works addressed to wealthy patrons.

Reviewed by Nicholas Graham , Jan 01, 2014

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