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	Böcker Pocketbok (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum	16 februari 2020
ISBN13	9781678148874
Utgivare	Lulu.com
Antal sidor	74
Mått	152 × 229 × 5 mm · 122 g
Språk	Engelska

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