Edited and with analytic commentary by stephen booth. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts. Thirteen copies of the quarto have survived in fairly good shape from the 1609 edition, which is the only edition. A bestselling, beautifully designed edition of william shakespeare s sonnets, complete with valuable tools for educators. This is an entirely new and original commentary on shakespeares sonnets. He even states that his stephen booths book is not mentioned, whereas i describe stephen booths edition of the sonnets, and quote from. Stephen booth is a professor emeritus of english literature at the university of california, berkeley. Twelveandahalf quid for 2,000odd lines of poetry you most probably have. He first attracted attention with his controversial 1969 essays on the value of hamlet and an essay on shakespeares sonnets, in which he reread the works in a manner considerably different from. Buy shakespeares sonnets yale nota bene by stephen booth isbn. His extensive commentary, like the poems it describes, is a dazzling commixture of intricate detail, multiplicity, bombast, bawdiness, suppleness, and grandeur. It will answer many of the questions you have and will deeply intensify your understanding and love of the bards most intriguing and moving writings.
Stephen booth was professor of english at the university of california, berkeley. An essay on shakespeares sonnets by stephen booth isbn. All the quotations from the sonnets in this article are given according to the edited text of the 1609. He was a marshall scholar and studied at the university of cambridge and harvard university. An essay on shakespeares sonnets by stephen booth goodreads. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. This prizewinning work provides a facsimile of the 1609 quarto printed in parallel with a conservatively edited, modernized text, as well as commentary that ranges from brief glosses to substantial critical essays. Shakespeare s sonnets, edited with analytic commentary by stephen booth book. Shakespeares sonnets yale nota bene by stephen booth. It includes all 154 sonnets, a facsimile of the original 1609 edition, and helpful line.
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Considers the form, sequence, content, literary context, editing and printing of the sonnets. In the book these were placed at the end of the work, but in this online version they are at the end of each chapter and linked directly to the number in the text. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Buy essay on shakespeares sonnets by stephen booth isbn. The listed critical essays and books will be invaluable for writing essays and papers on shakespeares sonnets. Shakespeares sonnets, edited with analytic commentary by. Booths edition, like shakespeares sonnets, is something of a miracle.
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Stephen booth stephen, one of the worlds leading shakespeare scholars, is professor of english at the university of california, berkeley. There are copies extant of the 1609 quarto of shakespeares sonnets, held in libraries in the uk and america. If you are seriously interested in the poetryespecially the sonnetsof william shakespeare, this is a mustread book for you. Shakespeare s sonnets, edited with analytic commentary. Buy essay on shakespeares sonnets by stephen booth online at alibris. It contains 154 sonnets, which are followed by the long poem a lovers complaint. The sonnets stand as the record of a mind working out positions without the help of any pantheon or any systematic doctrine.
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