Deep-brained Sonnets

Abstract

This paper proposes a reflexive reading of the authorial attitude and the autobiographical dimension of Shakespeare's Sonnets, with special reference to the concluding poem of the 1609 edition, "A Lover's Complaint", frequently neglected by critics of the Sonnets. The poem provides some additional evidence for a metapoetic dimension in the Sonnets' representation of authorial involvement and writing.

Note: Downloadable document is in Spanish.

Keywords: Shakespeare, Sonnets, A Lover's Complaint, Reflexivity, Speaker, Lyrical voice