The Rape of Lucrece (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781678148874)

The Rape of Lucrece (1594) is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare about the legendary Roman noblewoman Lucretia. In his previous narrative poem, Venus and Adonis (1593), Shakespeare had included a dedicatory letter to his patron, the Earl of Southampton, in which he promised to compose a "graver labour". Accordingly, The Rape of Lucrece has a serious tone throughout.The poem begins with a prose dedication addressed directly to the Earl of Southampton, which begins, "The love I dedicate to your Lordship is without end." It refers to the poem as a pamphlet, which describes the form of its original publication of 1594.The dedication is followed by "The Argument", a prose paragraph that summarizes the historical context of

Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN-10: 1678148873
ISBN-13: 9781678148874
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 02/16/2020
Pages: 74
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.27lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d