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Shakespeare's Romances and Poems

Venus and Adonis, the rape of Lucrece and the shorter poems

Plot

Shakespeare's Romances and Poems features all the scholarship and pedagogy of David Bevington's The Complete Works of Shakespeare in a genre-specific, paperback volume. Pulled from Bevington's popular and authoritative hardcover The Complete Works of Shakespeare, 5e, Shakespeare's Romances and Poems and three other genre volumes--Shakespeare's Tragedies, Shakespeare's Comedies, and Shakespeare's Histories--are available on their own or packaged in customized bundles (at a discount) for use in specialized courses. Shakespeare's Romances and Poems provides the same balanced editorial approach and proven apparatus that combine to make Bevington's Complete Works the most accessible collection available. A prestigious editorial board provides state-of-the-art scholarship and interpretative balance on each play. In-depth historical coverage helps students understand the cultural context behind each play, without dictating their reading of it. Extensive notes and glosses give students the support they need to understand Elizabethan language and idiomatic expressions. series, the Longman Cultural Editions, and the Longman-Penguin Program for discounted Penguin-Putnam titles packaged with Longman texts.