Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Lyrics Unlinked
6. 1. Poetry, Pattern, and Attention 9
7. 2. Lyric and Sonnet 24
8. 3. A First Shakespeare Sonnet 35
9. From Sonnet to Sequence
10. 4. Love 55
11. 5. Love and Time 83
12. Beyond Love
13. 6. Status 115
14. 7. Death 134
15. Shake-speares Sonnets, 1609
16. 8. Lyric and Narrative 151
17. Envoi 175
18. Notes. Bibliography. Index
19. Notes 185
20. Bibliography 199
21. Index 215