Shakespeare's Sonnets

Written in an accessible and attractive style, this book offers an informative and helpful study of Shakespeare's Sonnets. It considers questions often raised about them - do they reflect Shakespeare's personal experience? Can their addressees, male and female, be identified? What do they tell us about Shakespeare's sexuality? How do they relate to the literary tradition? How original are they in technique and in subject matter? Avoiding literary jargon, Shakespeare's Sonnets is a must read for all students of English Literature.