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The Poems

Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, A Lover's Complaint

William Shakespeare author John Roe editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:1st Jun '06

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Includes all the narrative poems that can confidently be assigned to Shakespeare.

This second edition of Shakespeare's narrative poems contains a new introductory section on recent critical interpretations. Fully annotated, it includes all the poems which can be confidently assigned to Shakespeare, excluding the Sonnets. An updated reading list completes the edition.This second edition of Shakespeare's narrative poems contains an introductory section on recent critical interpretations. Fully annotated and introduced, it includes all the poems which can be confidently assigned to Shakespeare, excluding the Sonnets: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim and A Lover's Complaint. An updated reading list completes the edition.

'John Roe offers without doubt the best treatment of the poems for many years …' The Year's Work in Modern Languages

ISBN: 9780521855518

Dimensions: 229mm x 157mm x 25mm

Weight: 610g

326 pages

2nd Revised edition