108
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VIII—THE BORROWED CONCEITS OF THE SONNETS
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Slender autobiographical element in Shakespeare’s sonnets
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109
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The imitative element
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109
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Shakespeare’s claims of immortality for his sonnets a borrowed conceit
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113
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Conceits in sonnets addressed to a woman
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117
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The praise of ‘blackness’
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118
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The sonnets of vituperation
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120
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Gabriel Harvey’s Amorous Odious sonnet
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121
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Jodelle’s Contr’ Amours
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122
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IX—THE PATRONAGE OF THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON
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Biographic fact in the ‘dedicatory’ sonnets
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125
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The Earl of Southampton the poet’s sole patron
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126
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Rivals in Southampton’s favour
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130
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Shakespeare’s fear of another poet
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132
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Barnabe Barnes probably the chief rival
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133
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Other theories as to the chief rival’s identity
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134
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Sonnets of friendship
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136
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Extravagances of literary compliment
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138
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Patrons habitually addressed in affectionate terms
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139
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Direct references to Southampton in the sonnets of friendship
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142
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His youthfulness
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143
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The evidence of portraits
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144
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Sonnet cvii. the last of the series
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147
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Allusions to Queen Elizabeth’s death
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147
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Allusions to Southampton’s release from prison
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149
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X—THE SUPPOSED STORY OF INTRIGUE IN THE SONNETS
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Sonnets of melancholy and self-reproach
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151
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The youth’s relations with the poet’s mistress
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153
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Willobie his Avisa (1594)
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155
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Summary of conclusions respecting the sonnets
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158
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XI—THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRAMATIC POWER
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1594–95
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Midsummer Night’s Dream
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161
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1595
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All’s Well that Ends Well
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162
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1595
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The Taming of The Shrew
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163
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Stratford allusions in the Induction
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164
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Wincot
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165
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1597
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Henry IV
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167
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Falstaff
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199
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1597
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
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171
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1598
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Henry V
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173
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Essex and the rebellion of 1601
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174
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Shakespeare’s popularity and influence
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176
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Shakespeare’s friendship with Ben Jonson
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176
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The Mermaid meetings
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177
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1598
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Meres’s eulogy
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178
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Value of his name to publishers
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