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The Rape of Lucrece

William Shakespeare

The Rape of Lucrece

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

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released February 16, 2020
ISBN13 9781678148874
Publishers Lulu.com
Pages 74
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 5 mm   ·   122 g
Language English  

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