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So Long as Men Can Breathe: The Untold Story of Shakespeare's Sonnets

By Clinton Heylin

Book information

Publisher
Da Capo Press
Year
2009
ISBN
0306818051, 9780306818059
LCC
PR2848 .H49 2009
Open Library ID
OL23180426M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1059271 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
293\293
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

In this lively, fascinating account of the publication of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, noted biographer Clinton Heylin brings their convoluted history to light, beginning with the first complete appearance of the Sonnets in print in May, 1609. He introduces us to the “unholy alliance” involved in this precarious enterprise: Thomas Thorpe, the publisher, a self-described “well wishing adventurer;” George Eld, the printer, heavily embroiled in large-scale pirating; William Aspley, the prestigious bookseller, who mysteriously ended his association with Thorpe soon after.Leaving the calamitous world of Elizabethan publishing, Heylin goes on to chart the many editions of the Sonnets through the years and the editorial decisions that led to their present configuration. Passionate, astute, and brilliantly entertaining, the result is a concise and vivid history of perhaps the greatest poetry ever written.

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