will enlarge and alter its reader’s experience-of the sonnets, of the plays, and of other texts as well."-Carol Thomas Neely, Modern Philology (on an earlier edition) His extensive commentary, like the poems it describes, is a dazzling commixture of intricate detail, multiplicity, bombast, bawdiness, suppleness, and grandeur. "Booth’s edition, like Shakespeare’s sonnets, is something of a miracle. Barber, New York Review of Books (on an earlier edition) No serious reader of the sonnets will want to do without Booth’s edition."-C. annotation does far more than any previous edition to show the fantastically rich way that Shakespeare exploits the verbal resources of his culture. "This edition of the sonnets is a heroic enterprise. For purists, the Quarto text is printed parallel to the modernized text."- Library Journal (on an earlier edition) "The engaging commentary-with its wit, energy, and sane conviction-makes a plea for a reading of the sonnets that values meanings which may not be intellectually convenient or the basis of a unified interpretation. "Explications and analyses that will greatly enhance a reader’s understanding and enjoyment."- New York Times Book Review (on an earlier edition)
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