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Also by Clinton Heylin:

So Long as Men Can Breathe, June 2009
Hardcover

SO LONG AS MEN CAN BREATHE
By: Clinton Heylin

The Untold Story of Shakespeare's Sonnets

Da Capo Lifelong Books
June 2009
On Sale: May 25, 2009
304 pages
ISBN: 0306818051
EAN: 9780306818059
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

In this lively, fascinating account of the publication of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, noted biographer Clinton Heylin brings their convoluted history to light, beginning with the first complete appearance of the Sonnets in print in May, 1609. He introduces us to the “unholy alliance” involved in this precarious enterprise: Thomas Thorpe, the publisher, a self-described “well wishing adventurer;” George Eld, the printer, heavily embroiled in large-scale pirating; William Aspley, the prestigious bookseller, who mysteriously ended his association with Thorpe soon after. Leaving the calamitous world of Elizabethan publishing, Heylin goes on to chart the many editions of the Sonnets through the years and the editorial decisions that led to their present configuration. Passionate, astute, and brilliantly entertaining, the result is a concise and vivid history of perhaps the greatest poetry ever written.

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