"The Rape of Lucrece" by William Shakespeare is a narrative poem that retells the tragic tale of Lucretia, a virtuous Roman noblewoman whose rape by Sextus Tarq
This Companion provides a full introduction to the poetry of William Shakespeare through discussion of his freestanding narrative poems, the Sonnets, and his pl
Among the most enduring poetry of all time, William Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets address such eternal themes as love, beauty, honesty, and the passage of time. W
In this magnum opus, Britain's most distinguished scholar of 16th-century and 17th-century literature restores Shakespeare's poetic language to its rightful pri