If listening to an episode for each sonnet simply seems too much and you are after a summary that gives you the overview, look no further. Here are the special edition episodes, starting with the Introduction, and then covering the most important identifiable sequences and themes, leading up a Summary & Conclusion:

Introduction

The Procreation Sonnets

​Special Guest: Professor Stephen Regan – The Sonnet as a Poetic Form

Special Guests: Sir Stanley Wells and Paul Edmondson – The Order of the Sonnets

​The Halfway Point Summary

​The Rival Poet

Special Guest: Professor Gabriel Egan – Computational Approaches to the Study of Shakespeare

Special Guest: Professor Abigail Rokison-Woodall – Speaking Shakespeare

Special Guest: Professor David Crystal – Original Pronunciation (OP)

The Fair Youth

Special Guest: Professor Phyllis Rackin – Shakespeare and Women

The Dark Lady

A Lover's Complaint​

The Quarto Edition of 1609 and its Dedication

Dating the Sonnets — With Miro Roman

Summary & Conclusion

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