Author: Lord Alfred Douglas
Title: The True History of Shakespeare&Apos;S Sonnets
Description: London, Martin Secker, 1933. First edition. Cloth. A bright first edition of this intriguing analysis of Shakespeare's sonnets, by English poet, journalist and lover of Oscar Wilde, Lord Alfred Douglas. The first edition of this work, with no further edition remarks. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With a monochrome portrait frontispiece. This work offers the "true story" of Shakespeare's sonnets, being their contexts and analyses of the language used, particularly looking at those dedicated to Mr W. H. From Lord Alfred Douglas, an English poet and journalist who is also noted for his turbulent affair with Oscar Wilde, with surfaced intimate notes between the two being used as evidence against Wilde and later leading to his imprisonment. Douglas mentions Wilde in his work whilst drawing theories of other writers on the enigmatic Mr. W. H. whom Shakespeare has dedicated many sonnets to. Wilde attempts to uncover the identity of the dedicatee in his work, 'The Portrait of Mr. W. H&apos. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart, with slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. With fading to the cloth and a damp stain to the rear board. Internally, firmly bound, with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good .

Keywords: William Shakespeare Sonnets Lord Alfred Douglas Literary Criticism Sonnets Not stated


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