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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: Introduction

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare, William
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Critic: Violli, Unicio J.
Affiliation: Associate Professor Of English, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Introduction

Commentary And Editions:

Next to Hamlet, the Shakespearean work which has given rise to more
commentary and stirred up more controversy than any of his other works is the
Sonnets, first published in 1609. The reason for much of this voluminous
commentary lies in the fact that we do not know when they were written or to
whom, if written to anyone at all. We do not even know whether they reveal an
autobiographical story, as is ...

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