The Complete Sonnets and Poems

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"The volume contains the complete Sonnets and poems with a full commentary. An extensive and lively introduction explores Shakespeare's poetic development, and shows how the poems relate to each other and to his dramatic works."--BOOK JACKET. Cover Title Page Copyright Preface CONTENTS List of Illustrations Introduction Shakespeare the Poet Venus and Adonis Publication and Date of Composition Dedication Literary Milieu Lucrece Publication and Date of Composition The Argument, Sources, and Politics Reading (in) Lucrece Rape and Consent The Passionate Pilgrim ‘Let the bird of loudest lay’ Shakespeare’s Sonnets Publication and Circulation Dedication Date and Sequence Sources Reading the Sonnets A Lover’s Complaint Date and Attribution The Poem and its Context Poems Attributed to Shakespeare in the Seventeenth Century ‘Shall I die?’ A Funeral Elegy Editorial Procedures Abbreviations and References VENUS AND ADONIS LUCRECE THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM ‘LET THE BIRD OF LOUDEST LAY’ SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS A LOVER’S COMPLAINT Appendix: Poems Attributed to Shakespeare in the Seventeenth Century Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Index of First Lines A B C D E F G H I L M N O P S T U V W Y