This <i>Companion</i> represents the myriad ways of thinking about the remarkable achievement of Shakespeare's sonnets.<ul><li>An authoritative reference guide and extended introduction to Shakespeare's sonnets.<li>Contains more than 20 newly-commissioned essays by both established and younger scholars.<li>Considers the form, sequence, content, literary context, editing and printing of the sonnets.<li>Shows how the sonnets provide a mirror in which cultures can read their own critical biases.<li>Informed by the latest theoretical, cultural and archival work.</ul>