Sonnets

Informationen zum Autor William Shakespeare Klappentext William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire and was baptised on 26 April 1564. Thought to have been educated at the local grammar school, he married Anne Hathaway, with whom he went on to have three children, at the age of eighteen, before moving to London to work in the theatre. Two erotic poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece were published in 1593 and 1594 and records of his plays begin to appear in 1594. The first edition of the sonnets was published in 1609 but evidence suggests that Shakespeare had been writing them for years for a private readership. Shakespeare spent the last five years of his life in Stratford, by now a wealthy man. He died on 23 April 1616 and was buried in Holy Trinity Church in Stratford. The first collected edition of his works was published in 1623. Zusammenfassung Some are familiar - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? - others unexpected, but together they form an extraordinary meditation on the nature of love, lust, beauty and time.

Product details

• Authors: William Shakespeare
• Assisted by: Germaine Greer (Introduction)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 17
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.03.2009
• EAN: 9780099518860
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951886-0
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Shakespeare, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Renaissance, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Classic and pre-20th century poetry, Classic and pre-20th century plays, Shakespeare Plays, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean