The Sonnets (Signet Classic Shakespeare)

The Signet Classic Shakespeare Series
The work of the world’s greatest dramatist edited by outstanding scholars
 
The Sonnets
UNIQUE FEATURES OF THE SIGNET CLASSICS SHAKESPEARE

• An extensive overview of Shakespeare’s life, world, and sonnets by the general editor of the Signet Classics Shakespeare series, Sylvan Barnet, Tufts University
 
• Special introduction to The Sonnets, by W. H. Auden
 
• Literary criticism by William Empson, Hallett Smith, Winifred M. T. Nowottny, and Helen Vendler
 
• Detailed footnotes at the bottom of each page of the sonnets
 
• List of recommended reading
 
• All text printed in the clearest, most readable type