Beschreibung:
This introduction provides a concise overview of the central issuesand critical responses to Shakespeare's sonnets, looking atthe themes, images, and structure of his work, as well as thesocial and historical circumstances surrounding their creation.* * Explores the biographical mystery of the identities of thecharacters addressed.* Examines the intangible aspects of each sonnet, such aseroticism and imagination.* A helpful appendix offers a summary of each poem withdescriptions of key literary figures.
Preface.1. Introduction: Shakespeare's Perfectly WildeSonnets.2. Identity.3. Beauty.4. Love.5. Numbers.6. Time.Appendix: The Matter of the Sonnets.Notes.Works Cited.Index