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The Poems

The Poems

The Poems

Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, A Lover's Complaint
2nd Edition
William Shakespeare
John Roe , University of York
June 2006
Available
Paperback
9780521671620

    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.

    • Updated edition, containing a new introductory section on recent critical interpretations and an updated reading list
    • Fully annotated edition of all the poems which can be assigned to Shakespeare, excluding the Sonnets
    • Introduction also considers evidence for and against Shakespeare's authorship of A Lover's Complaint

    Reviews & endorsements

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

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    Product details

    August 2013
    Adobe eBook Reader
    9781139834247
    0 pages
    0kg
    5 b/w illus.
    This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.

    Table of Contents

    • List of illustrations
    • Preface
    • List of abbreviations and conventions
    • Introduction: Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, The Phoenix and the Turtle, The Passionate Pilgrim, A Lover's Complaint
    • Note on the text
    • Recent critical interpretations
    • Principles of collation
    • Venus and Adonis
    • The Rape of Lucrece
    • The Phoenix and the Turtle
    • The Passionate Pilgrim
    • A Lover's Complaint
    • Supplementary notes
    • Textual analysis
    • Reading list.
    • William Shakespeare
    • Editor
    • John Roe , University of York