Shakespeare's Sonnets: Revised: 14 (The Arden Shakespeare Third Series)

I liked the detailed information on the Sonnets. They fall into two sections: those written to a fair youth and those to a dark lady. The Sonnets suggest Shakespeare could have been bi-sexual and probably helped his income during plague years when the theatres were closed.

I bought this as I wanted to understand what each sonnet meant as the language can be a bit convoluted. The sonnet is on the right hand side of the page and the meaning of the words on the other. This makes it very easy to work out what Mr S is saying. I would recommend this book to anyone who is studying Shakespeare or just wants to understand his beautiful sonnets. The explanation makes them come to life.

The best and most authoritative edition. Contains variant interpretations, explanations of mysterious lines, and commentary. Introduction is worth the price of admission. Bought for a professional translator who needed to know shades of meaning and exact details, and the Arden -- as it always has for Shakespeare's plays -- delivered. Beats out the Oxford and Cambridge, if you only want one edition.

This is the definitive work to read alongside Shakespeare’s Sonnets. It gives a scholarly interpretation and explanation of each sonnet. Excellent and superb support for some of the arcane language that is encountered.

Great book. Take your time to enjoy it over and over again. It would be a lovely gift too. I am glad I bought it.

So, so good. Lovely printing, layout, a real treat.

Beautifully produced, each sonnet is described fully, the usual Arden high quality, the sonnets themselves nicely displayed on separate pages with the note bookmarks not overwhelming the elegant textual layout.

Do me a favour! It's Shakespeare! Probably the most powerful collection of poetry in the known universe! I sent a copy to a relative. I have my own from about 30 years ago.

Das Cover der Ausgabe ist leider nicht nach meinem Geschmack, aber der Inhalt überzeugt mit gewohnter Arden Shakespeare Qualität. Zu allen Sonetten finden sich die nötigen Worterklärungen sowie nützliche Interpretationshinweise und die knapp 100 Seiten lange Einleitung bietet einen guten Einstieg in die Forschung. Auch "A Lover's Complaint" ist enthalten. Für das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten im Studium ist diese Ausgabe hervorragend geeignet.

Nec plus ultra

The Shakespeare's Sonnet.i watched a movie and they kept reading number 116.I am hooked on English, England. 1,800,s and more.Its worth your money. MUST READ......

Shakespeare's Sonnets beggar praise. Anyone who can read English ought to read them--carefully! This is a beautiful edition. Each sonnet is printed on its own page, which makes it easier to focus on it; for one thing, you have the whole sonnet, never divided over two pages. On the facing page are annotations by the editor, which one can read when one wishes. As a bonus, the edition includes the poem "A Lover's Complaint." The 100-page introduction contains detailed discussion of the publication history and later reception of and responses to the Sonnets. There is a short section of critical discussion of the sonnets itself (85-103); even that section devotes many pages to relations between the sonnets and "A Lover's Complaint." This introduction is at a rather high level of philological detail, mostly of interest to experts and academics. The non-academic reader would be well advised to go straight to the sonnets and stay there, perusing the introduction only after thoroughly familiar with the sonnets and when moved by an interest in the more technical, philological issues. The book prints the sonnets in nicely legible type, and it is well bound. Some readers may prefer a smaller book, even at the expense of critical commentary and annotations. But I find this edition very satisfactory.

La consegna di questo libro è arrivata in tempi velocissimi e il libro è in perfette condizioni. In passato mi è capitato di vedere qualche graffio sulla copertina di qualche libro. In questo caso, davvero tutto perfetto!