Suggested editions

First things first - here is the list of editions that I have used in class. You will see that each is followed by a set of initials so that I can clearly show where information in my blog posts has originated.


Suggested editions:

Burrow, C (ed) The Complete Sonnets and Poems  (CB)
(Oxford University Press, 2002)
ISBN: 0-19-281933-X

Duncan-Jones, K (ed) Shakespeare’s Sonnets (KDJ)
(Arden, 1997)
ISBN: 1-903436-57-5 Note: a new edition expected April 2010.

Booth, S (ed) Shakespeare’s Sonnets (SB)
(Yale, 2000)
ISBN: 0-300-08506-0

Vendler, H The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets (HV)
(Harvard, 1999)
ISBN: 0-674-63712-7 Note: there is a new edition with CD-Rom

G Blakemore Evans The Sonnets (GBE)
(Cambridge University Press, 1998 – reprinted 2004)
ISBN: 0-521-29403-7

Kerrigan, J (ed) The Sonnets and A Lover's Complaint (JK)
(Penguin, 1986)
ISBN: 0-14-070732-8

Bate, J & Rasmussen E (eds) William Shakespeare: The Sonnets and Other Poems (JB)
(MacMillan, 2009)
ISBN: 978-0-230-57624-7

Audio versions
These are the three I use most and it really is worth getting as many versions as you can, as each reading gives new dimensions and emphasis. This is perversely even more useful if you just don't like a reading - I could name a few....! Only the Alex Jennings has them all.

William Shakespeare :The Sonnets  read by Alex Jennings.
(Naxos, 1997)
ISBN: 962634145 9

When Love Speaks - a selection of 50+ sonnets performed by a variety of artists.
(EMI, 2002)
7243 5 57321

From Shakespeare - with love - a selection of 75 sonnets read by a small group of actors.
(Naxos, 2009)
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