The Sonnets
No. of pages 208
Published: 1997
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This book is part of a book series called Cambridge School Shakespeare .
This book has been graded for interest at 16-18 years.
There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published in 1997 by Cambridge University Press .
Rene Weis is Professor of English at University College London and a distinguished editor and biographer of Shakespeare.
This book has the following chapters: What is a sonnet?; Introducing The Sonnets; Title page: 1609 edition; Dedications: 1609 edition; The sonnets; The sonnet tradition; Themes: love, time and poetry; The language of The Sonnets; Links with the plays; Studying The Sonnets; Index of first lines; William Shakespeare.
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This book features the following characters:
John Shakespeare
This book features the character John Shakespeare.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet, playwright and actor. He wrote plays, sonnets and verse and is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English Language. Son of a glove maker, he grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon. He married Anne Hathaway and had three children, though one died very young. Shakespeare left Stratford to pursue theatre in London, where he acted at the Globe Theatre, wrote and was part owner of a playing company called 'The Lord Chamberlein's Men' (later 'The King's Men').
Mary Arden
This book features the character Mary Arden.
Anne Hathaway
This book features the character Anne Hathaway.
"The whole job has been conscientiously and capably done. Gibson strikes an appropriate tone and register. As a school textbook of the sonnets this volume could hardly be bettered." Shakespeare Quarterly
