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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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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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