Shakespeare's Poems: The Scholarly Literature (Shakespeare: the Critical Complex)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: December 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780815329640
Subjects: Shakespeare studies & criticism; Shakespeare; Literature: Classics; Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616; Drama; Poetry; English; England; Narrative poetry, English; General; In literature; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Lucretia; Shakespeare, William; Sonnets; Shakespeare, William,; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Sonnets, English; 1564-1616; 1564-1616.; History and criticism; Poetic works; Rape of Lucrece
First sentence: IN BORGES'S HAUNTING TALE CALLED 'Shakespeare's Memory' a Shakespearean scholar meets a man called Thorpe (a name which we will meet again later on) who claims to possess Shakespeare's memory, and who offers to pass it on to our hero.