What exactly is a sonnet and what’s so special about those written by Shakespeare?

Reuben J. Brown talks to Dr Paul Edmondson and Sir Stanley Wells about their new collection, All the Sonnets of Shakespeare, which they have previously spoken about at the Cambridge Festival. This discussion is a fantastic introduction to one of the most influential types of poetry in the English language.

This episode is supported by the Cambridge University Press bookshop.

Music by Coby O’Brien
Produced by Rebekah King

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