Stanley Wells
Sir Stanley Wells is a Shakespearean scholar, writer, professor and editor. He is honorary president of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, emeritus professor at the University of Birmingham, and honorary emeritus governor of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. He was knighted in 2016 for services to scholarship.
Books by Stanley Wells
“As the title indicates, it’s ‘all’ the sonnets of Shakespeare — not just the 154 from the 1609 quarto. This includes excerpts from the plays that are literal sonnets, as well as characters discussing the practice of ‘sonneting…Separately, they’ve speculated about the possible order of composition of those poems.” Read more...
The best books on Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Scott Newstok, Literary Scholar
Interviews with Stanley Wells
Stanley Wells recommends the best of Shakespeare’s Plays
In our Shakespeare series, we ask experts to select their favourite plays from the Bard’s oeuvre. Here, preeminent Shakespearean scholar Sir Stanley Wells chooses five plays that best chart the evolution of the Bard of Avon during his 25-year career.
Interviews where books by Stanley Wells were recommended
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
by Katherine Duncan-Jones & William Shakespeare -
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The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets
by Helen Vendler & William Shakespeare -
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All the Sonnets of Shakespeare
by Paul Edmonson, Stanley Wells & William Shakespeare -
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The Afterlife of Shakespeare's Sonnets
by Jane Kingsley-Smith -
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Nets
by Jen Bervin -
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Lucy Negro, Redux
by Caroline Randall Williams
The best books on Shakespeare’s Sonnets, recommended by Scott Newstok
The best books on Shakespeare’s Sonnets, recommended by Scott Newstok
The beauty of Shakespeare’s sonnets speaks to us down the centuries, their lines peaking out at us from the titles of famous books or enjoying outings at weddings or other romantic occasions. But they were not always regarded as perfectly-formed jewels, and the relationships they portray not as conventional as many of us presume. Here, Shakespeare scholar Scott Newstok talks us through books that help us learn more about Shakespeare’s sonnets, from the best introduction to the poems for students through to their afterlife and recent creative interpretations.
