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Would you like to read more about Shakespeare's Sonnets, or about the dramatic works of the great playwright? If so, we've a selection of  books and links you may wish to take a look at.

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Burto, William H. (ed., with an introduction by W.H. Auden), Sonnets, Signet Classic, 1964. ISBN 0613175239

Duncan-Jones, K. (ed.) Shakespeare's Sonnets, Thomas Nelson, 1997. ISBN 1903436575

Leishman, J.B. Themes and Variations in Shakespeare's Sonnets , Hutchinson University Library, 1963. ISBN 0090598113

McEvoy, S. Shakespeare: The Basics, Routledge, 2000. ISBN 0415362458

Seymour-Smith, M. Shakespeare's Sonnets, Heinemann, 1963. ISBN 0435150375

Vendler, H. The Art of 'Shakespeare's Sonnets', Harvard University Press, 1997 ISBN 0674637127

Shakespeare

Thomson, Peter, Shakespeare's Professional Career, Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0521466555

Hyland, Peter,  An Introduction to Shakespeare's Poems , Macmillan, 2002. ISBN 033372593X

Johnson, Samuel, Preface to Shakespeare, various editions.ISBN 1421904276

Links

Site offering information on the life and work of Shakespeare with notes on some of his writings.

An annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the internet.

Facsimile images of Shakespeare's texts.

An overview of Shakespeare's sonnets.

An amusing collection of Shakespearean insults from a collection of his works.

 

 





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