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Why did no one read Sonnet 18 for over one hundred years? What traumatic memories did Sonnet 111 conjure up for Charles Dickens? Which Sonnet did Wilfred Owen find particularly offensive on the WW1 battlefront? What kind of love does Sonnet 116 celebrate and why? Filling a surprising gap in Shakespeare studies, this book offers a challenging new reception history of the Sonnets and explores their belated entry into the Shakespeare canon. Jane Kingsley-Smith reveals the fascinating cultural history of individual Sonnets, ...

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The Afterlife of Shakespeare's Sonnets 2021, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781009060066

Trade paperback

The Afterlife of Shakespeare's Sonnets 2019, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9781107170650

Hardcover