Reader and Shakespeare?s Young Man Sonnets

Cover; The Reader and Shakespeare's Young Man Sonnets; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'The Well-Wishing Adventurer'; 1 'This Poet Lies': Text and Subtext; 2 'Some Good Conceit of Thine': The Obtrusive Metaphor; 3 'So True a Fool': The Sardonic Tone; 4 'The Living Record of Your Memory': Promises of Immortality; 5 'The False Heart's History': Rival Values; 6 'The Breath of Words': The Rival Poet; 7 'Power to Hurt': The Young Man; 8 'Any Summer's Story': Poet and Lover; 9 'Sweets Grown Common': The Reversal of Roles I; 10 'To Constancy Confined': Present Time 11 'Policy in Love': The Reversal of Roles II12 'Necessary Wrinkles': Time and the Poet; 13 'Hugely Politic': Self-Containment; Notes; Index