Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. A Note on the Text xiii
6. Introduction 3
7. 1. The “vnquiet state” of the Lover: Richard Tottel’s Lyric and Legal Reproductions 22
8. 2. “Nedelesse Singularitie”: George Gascoigne’s Strategies for Preserving Lyric Delight 47
9. 3. Solitude, Poetic Community, and Lyric Recording in Spenser’s Shepheardes Calender and Colin Clovts Come home againe 71
10. 4. Lyric Surrogacy: Reproducing the “I” in Sidney’s Arcadia 108
11. 5. “All Men Make Faults”: Begetting Error in Shake-speares Sonnets 129
12. Coda: The End of Shake-speares Sonnets 169
13. Notes 175
14. Works Cited 207
15. Index 225