About the Book:

The Arden Shakespeare is the definitive edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.

In this edition of The Poems the superb poet and academic F.T Prince provides: a clear and authoritative text; detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text; a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play; and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts.

Offering a wealth of helpful and incisive commentary, The Arden Shakespeare is the premier scholarly edition to which academics, students and actors most frequently refer.

About the Editor:

Frank Templeton Prince (1912 – 2003) was a South African-born British poet and academic. One of the most interesting and underrated poets of the 20th century, he is known generally for his best-known poem Soldiers Bathing, written during the Second World War in 1942, which has been frequently included in anthologies.