Shakespeare's Sonnets: Critical EssaysJames Schiffer Shakespeare's Sonnets: Critical Essays is the essential Sonnets anthology for our time. This important collection focuses exclusively on contemporary criticism of the Sonnets, reprinting three highly influential essays from the past decade and including sixteen original analyses by leading scholars in the field. The contributors' diverse approaches range from the new historicism to the new bibliography, from formalism to feminism, from reception theory to cultural materialism, and from biographical criticism to queer theory. In addition, James Schiffer's introduction offers a comprehensive survey of 400 years of criticism of these fascinating, enigmatic poems. |
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... Portrait of Mary Fitton , maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth 368 6. Nymphs Stealing Torch from Cupid ( sonnets 153-154 ) , design by W. Harvey 453 Preface This collection of essays has been assembled with a Illustrations.
... Portrait of Mary Fitton , maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth 368 6. Nymphs Stealing Torch from Cupid ( sonnets 153-154 ) , design by W. Harvey 453 Preface This collection of essays has been assembled with a Illustrations.
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... Elizabeth in1603, byothersto thedefeat of the SpanishArmadain 1588. Yet another possibility is that theline alludes to the Queen'ssurviving her grand climacteric when she reached the ageofsixtythree in1596 (Rollins 1: 264, 267f.,269) ...
... Elizabeth in1603, byothersto thedefeat of the SpanishArmadain 1588. Yet another possibility is that theline alludes to the Queen'ssurviving her grand climacteric when she reached the ageofsixtythree in1596 (Rollins 1: 264, 267f.,269) ...
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... Elizabeth . Reading the history of the Sonnets ' reception can be the occasion of easy laughs , and sometimes disgust , at the blindness of our predecessors . Yet as Vendler also notes , “ Earlier methods of reading the Sonnets , on ...
... Elizabeth . Reading the history of the Sonnets ' reception can be the occasion of easy laughs , and sometimes disgust , at the blindness of our predecessors . Yet as Vendler also notes , “ Earlier methods of reading the Sonnets , on ...
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... Elizabeth Vernon , and the Earl of Pembroke wrote all or some of the Sonnets ( 2 : 45-46 ) . Needless to say , those who reject Shakespeare as author of the plays also reject his authorship of the Sonnets , instead favoring their own ...
... Elizabeth Vernon , and the Earl of Pembroke wrote all or some of the Sonnets ( 2 : 45-46 ) . Needless to say , those who reject Shakespeare as author of the plays also reject his authorship of the Sonnets , instead favoring their own ...
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... Elizabeth in 1603 , by others to the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Yet another possibility is that the line alludes to the Queen's surviving her grand climacteric when she reached the age of sixty - three in 1596 ( Rollins 1 ...
... Elizabeth in 1603 , by others to the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. Yet another possibility is that the line alludes to the Queen's surviving her grand climacteric when she reached the age of sixty - three in 1596 ( Rollins 1 ...
Contents
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Shakespeares Sonnets and the Economy | 63 |
Sodomy Reproduction and Signification | 68 |
The Sexing of Shakespeares | 75 |
The Scandal of Shakespeares Sonnets 1994 | 89 |
The Politics | 113 |
The Silent Speech of Shakespeares Sonnets 1998 | 135 |
Shakespeares Petrarchism | 163 |
Whats the Use? Or The Problematic of Economy | 263 |
Texts and Contexts | 285 |
Shakespeares Sonnets | 305 |
The Reproduction of Coercion and Blot | 325 |
Shakespeares Sonnets and Early | 347 |
Shakespeares Dark Lady as | 369 |
Reconsidering The Portrait of Mr W | 391 |
On the Sexual Politics | 411 |
Lars Engle | 185 |
Storing Loss in the Sonnets | 199 |
Politics Heresy and Martyrdom in Shakespeares Sonnet 124 | 219 |
Christian Figurality and Shakespeares | 241 |
Valerie Traub | 431 |
Shakespeares Sonnets and | 455 |
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