This collection contains more than 80% of the sonnets, including all the famous ones. In addition, there are substantial extracts from the longer narrative poems Shakespeare wrote in his youth, songs from the plays, and celebrated soliloquies from HAMLET, ROMEO AND JULIET, KING LEAR, HENRY V, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, etc. Together, these verses give a comprehensive view of shakespeare the poet by assembling all the well-known passages together with less familiar but equally powerful extracts.
| ISBN: | 9781857157079 |
| Publication date: | 7th April 1994 |
| Author: | William Shakespeare, Graham Handley |
| Publisher: | Everyman |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 252 pages |
| Series: | Everyman's Library Pocket Poets |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets Literary studies: poetry and poets |