Monte, Steven,
The Secret architecture of Shakespeare's Sonnets / Steven Monte. - viii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Stories in and about Shakespeare's sonnets -- The basic scheme -- Poetic rivalry in Late-Elizabethan England -- A triptych for the third earl -- Competing schemes -- The fair-youth sonnets, Part 1 -- The fair-youth sonnets, Part 2 -- The mistress sonnets -- Complaints of the heart.
This book argues the idea that Shakespeare was deeply engaged with other poets and with pursuing a career as a poet, and that the organisational schemes of the Sonnets have been hiding in plain sight for over four centuries.
9781474481472 (hardcover)
Literary criticism / Shakespeare
PR2848 / .M66 2021
The Secret architecture of Shakespeare's Sonnets / Steven Monte. - viii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Stories in and about Shakespeare's sonnets -- The basic scheme -- Poetic rivalry in Late-Elizabethan England -- A triptych for the third earl -- Competing schemes -- The fair-youth sonnets, Part 1 -- The fair-youth sonnets, Part 2 -- The mistress sonnets -- Complaints of the heart.
This book argues the idea that Shakespeare was deeply engaged with other poets and with pursuing a career as a poet, and that the organisational schemes of the Sonnets have been hiding in plain sight for over four centuries.
9781474481472 (hardcover)
Literary criticism / Shakespeare
PR2848 / .M66 2021