Sonnets

ThisneweditionfocusesontheSonnetsaspoetry-sometimesstrikinglyindividualpoems,butoftensubtlyinterlinkedinthematic,imagisticandothergroupings.GwynneEvansandAnthonyHechtalsoaddressthemanyquestionsthatcastaveilofmysteryoverthegenesisoftheSonnets:towhatextentaretheyautobiographical?Whatisthenatureofthe'love',stronglyexpressed,betweenthe'poet',the'youth'andthe'DarkLady'?Canthey,apartfromthepoet,beidentified?Whoisthe'rivalpoet'?WhenweretheSonnetswrittenandinwhatorder?Whatwerethecircumstancessurroundingtheirpublication?