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- # Introduction to Lucrece
## Overview
This document is an introduction to the poem "Lucrece" by William Shakespeare. It is part of a larger collection of facsimile editions of Shakespeare's works, specifically focusing on "Venus and Adonis," "Lucrece," "Sonnets," and "Pericles." The introduction outlines the structure and content of the subsequent material, including a table of contents and illustrative title pages.
## Context
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## Contents
The introduction provides a table of contents for the material related to "Lucrece." It is divided into six sections:
* I. General Characteristics (starting on page 7)
* II. Sources of the Story (starting on page 9)
* III. The Metre and early Criticism (starting on page 21)
* IV. The History of the Publication (starting on page 26)
* V. The History of the Text (starting on page 30)
* VI. A Census of Copies (starting on page 37)
Additionally, it lists illustrative title pages that will be presented, including those from the editions of 1598, 1600, 1607, and 1655, as well as the frontispiece from the 1655 edition.
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- ## INTRODUCTION TO LUCRECE—
| I. General Characteristics | 7 |
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| II. Sources of the Story | 9 |
| III. The Metre and early Criticism | 21 |
| IV. The History of the Publication | 26 |
| V. The History of the Text | 30 |
| VI. A Census of Copies | 37 |
## ILLUSTRATIVE TITLE-PAGES—
| The unique copy of 1598 | 44 |
| --- | --- |
| The edition of 1600 | 45 |
| The edition of 1607 | 46 |
| The title-page to the edition of 1655 | 51 |
| The frontispiece to the edition of 1655 | 53 |
## FACSIMILE OF THE EDITION OF 1594
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- INTRODUCTION TO LUCRECE—