Shakespeare's Sonnets : with three hundred years of commentary
William Shakespeare, Carl D. Atkins (Editor)
"This is the first edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets in over sixty years to bring together the commentary of various scholars. Atkins is the first to collate the seventeen scholarly editions of The Sonnets published since Rollins's New Variorum of 1944 so that substantive differences among them can be fully appreciated and compared. He has culled the most important commentary and emendations of Shakespeare's editors from Gildon (1710) to Mowat and Werstine (2004). The discussion of meter and verse is more substantial than can be found in any other edition, a feature that adds particular dimension to this text." "Each sonnet is presented exactly as printed in 1609. The original spelling and punctuation are maintained, the latter being an important guide to meaning and rhythm that is too often destroyed by modernizing editors." "This book is intended for all readers interested in The Sonnets, and will appeal to all those who desire nothing more than to enjoy Shakespeare's greatest poetry."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2007
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Madison [NJ], ©2007
Criticism, interpretation, etc
404 pages ; 25 cm
9780838641637, 0838641636
86090499
The context of The sonnets. The sonnet convention ; Friendship, passion, true love ; Other sonnet problems
Collation
Principles of emendation
Meter
Rhyme
Glosses and commentary
Note on reading the text
The sonnets : with textual notes and commentary
Appendix 1 : Editions referenced
Appendix 2 : Emendations
Appendix 3 : Extant copies of the 1609 Quarto
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