ABSTRACT

First Published in 2002. This is a collection of essays and commentary on some of Shakespeare’s Sonnets looking at the areas of symbolism, time and eternity, integration and their expansion and moves onto the metaphysical poem of the Phoenix and the Turtle and considers if it has the same love as celebrated in the Sonnets.

part I|142 pages

The Sonnets

chapter I|19 pages

Facts and Problems

chapter II|36 pages

The Integration Pattern

chapter III|11 pages

Symbolism

chapter IV|35 pages

Time and Eternity

chapter V|33 pages

The Expansion

chapter VI|6 pages

Conclusion

part II|82 pages

Phoenix and Turtle

chapter I|11 pages

Preliminary Remarks

chapter II|23 pages

Love's Martyr

chapter III|14 pages

The Poetical Essays

chapter IV|12 pages

Shakespeare's Poem

chapter V|20 pages

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