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Tragedies of William Shakespeare and Sonnets: The Sonnets And The Critics: A Survey
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
The Sonnets And The Critics: A Survey
Sixteenth Century:
Francis Meres: In 1598 Francis Meres wrote his Palladis Tamia: Wits
Treasury, wherein he comments upon Shakespeare's passing his "sugared sonnets
among his private friends." This indicates that Shakespeare circulated his
sonnets among his private friends in manuscript, his aim being to win their
esteem and praise. Poetic activity was, unlike playwriting, a gentleman's
occupation in which ...
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