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The Poems
ISBN: 9780553213096
出版社: Bantam Classics
出版年: 1988-01-01
页数: 528
定价: USD 5.99
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
THE POEMS
VENUS AND ADONIS
THE RAPE OF LUCRECE
THE PHOENIX AND TURTLE
A LOVER’S COMPLAINT
THE SONNETS
This volume in the exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare features:
vivid, readable introductions for each poem by noted scholar David Bevington
modern spelling and punctuation
comprehensive text notes
an up-to-date, annotated bibliography
an index to the first lines of the sonnets
THE POEMS
Shakespeare’s greatest achievement in nondramatic verse was his collection of 154 magnificent sonnets that portray a tumultuous world of love, rivalry, and conflict among a poet, an aristocratic young man, a rival poet, and a mysterious “dark lady.” More profound than other Elizabethan sonnet sequences and never surpassed as archetypes of the form, these poems explore almost every imaginable emotional complexity related to love and friendship. Some poems are dark, bitter, and self-hating, others express idealism with unmatchable eloquence–and all are of quintessential beauty, part of the world’s great literary heritage.
In addition to his sonnets, Shakespeare published two long poems early in his career: Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece. Immediately popular in Shakespeare’s time, they display a richness that can also reward us with insights into the powerful imagery of his plays.
Rounding out this volume are two minor poems, “A Lover’s Complaint” and “The Phoenix and Turtle,” thought to be part of Shakespeare’s early writings.
