Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations, Volume 38Gale Research Company, 1998 |
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... Sonnet 129 . The sonnet has been elucidated with fine insight not once but twice - first , and seminally , by Richard Levin , second by Helen Vendler , who concurs with his analy- sis and enlarges it with fuller explorations of the ver ...
... Sonnet 129 . The sonnet has been elucidated with fine insight not once but twice - first , and seminally , by Richard Levin , second by Helen Vendler , who concurs with his analy- sis and enlarges it with fuller explorations of the ver ...
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... sonnet the ambivalence barely intimated in the jocularity of Son- net 130 comes into the open , but a strategy of wooing is still being pursued , one that combines intimidation . with declarations of passion . Then Sonnet 132 woos her ...
... sonnet the ambivalence barely intimated in the jocularity of Son- net 130 comes into the open , but a strategy of wooing is still being pursued , one that combines intimidation . with declarations of passion . Then Sonnet 132 woos her ...
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... ( Sonnet 27 ) The preoccupation with Bertram has an intensity , in words like ' plague ' , which is reflected in the Sonnets by the vivid impression of an overpowering obses- sion , especially in words like ' surfeit ' and ' gluttoning ...
... ( Sonnet 27 ) The preoccupation with Bertram has an intensity , in words like ' plague ' , which is reflected in the Sonnets by the vivid impression of an overpowering obses- sion , especially in words like ' surfeit ' and ' gluttoning ...
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