Artnet

Forgotten Copy of Shakespeare’s Most Famous Sonnet Unearthed in Oxford Library

William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116 remains one of the best-known poems on love in the English language, its steely reverence for marital commitment long making it a wedding favorite. It is not a sweet ...
Smithsonian Magazine

‘Politically Repurposed’ Copy of Famous Shakespearean Love Sonnet Discovered Inside a 17th-Century Poetry Collection

The poem was discovered by researcher Leah Veronese. University of Oxford While conducting research in the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, a scholar discovered something remarkable: a ...
BroadwayWorld

Rare Handwritten Shakespeare Sonnet Found in Oxford Library

A rare handwritten copy of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 has been found in Oxford University’s Bodleian Library. The copy of a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 was previously undocumented, ...
Seattle Times

Not Time’s Fool: A Rare Version of a Shakespeare Sonnet Is Discovered

LONDON — If you have already had the good fortune of encountering “Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare, you were probably at a wedding. It is not, by most accounts, a sexy poem. It is not exactly a ...
Gizmodo

Rare Handwritten Copy of Famous Shakespeare Sonnet Found in Oxford Library

The recently discovered copy of Sonnet 116 "reads as a political love song" during England's Civil Wars, according to the professor who found it. Reading time 3 minutes While conducting research at ...
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'Politically Repurposed' Copy of Famous Shakespearean Love Sonnet Discovered Inside a 17th-Century Poetry Collection

While conducting research in the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Library, a scholar discovered something remarkable: a ...