A Rare Version of a Shakespeare Sonnet Is Discovered

Hand-written version of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 discovered in 17th-century manuscript
Researchers said the added lines "potentially transform" the sonnet from "a meditation on romantic love into a powerful political statement."
Not Time’s Fool: A Rare Version of a Shakespeare Sonnet Is Discovered
An Oxford researcher found a rare, handwritten variation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous love poems. About 400 years ago, its meaning might have been very different.
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.
Rare copy of famous Shakespeare love poem found
A rare hand-written copy of one of the most famous love poems ever written has been discovered after hundreds of years. Dr Leah Veronese uncovered the version of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 tucked away in a 17th Century poetry collection at the University of Oxford.
A rare version of a famous Shakespeare sonnet is discovered
If you have already had the good fortune of encountering “Sonnet 116” by William Shakespeare, you were probably at a wedding.
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 has previously undocumented.
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AMES SHAPIRO, a Columbia University professor who is a William Shakespeare expert, on the finding of a variation of “Sonnet 116” that may have been in support of royalists trying to maintain England’s ...
Researcher uncovers hidden copy of Shakespeare sonnet
Dr. Leah Veronese from Oxford University's English Faculty has unearthed a rare manuscript copy of Shakespeare's famous ...
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Oxford University researcher finds hidden Shakespeare sonnet
An Oxford University researcher has found a hidden William Shakespeare sonnet. Dr Leah Veronese from the English Faculty has unearthed a rare manuscript copy of Shakespeare’s famous Sonnet 116 tucked ...
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