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Samuel Daniel's The Complaint of Rosamond and an Emblematic Reconsideration of A Lover's Complaint

Samuel Daniel's The Complaint of Rosamond and an Emblematic Reconsideration of A... Samuel Daniel’s The Complaint of Rosamond and an Emblematic Reconsideration of A Lover’s Complaint by Kenji Go F William Shakespeare authorized the publication of the 1609 quarto titled SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS, it is next to impossible to be- I lieve that any other poet was the author of the 329 -line narrative poem which was printed at its end under the heading: ‘‘A Louers com- plaint. / BY / William Shake-speare .’’ On the other hand, if Q’s pub- lication was unauthorized by Shakespeare, it is conceivable that this ‘‘complaint’’ was not by him but was somehow added in the volume by its publisher, Thomas Thorpe. If, as Brian Vickers claims he has done, one can demonstrate convincingly that A Lover’s Complaint was written by someone else, we may then conclude that Q’s publication was in- deed not authorized by Shakespeare and that it ought to be regarded as an instance of Thorpe’s ‘‘sharp practice’’ to ‘‘cash in on Shakespeare’s publishing prestige.’’ Whether or not A Lover’s Complaint is a work of Shakespeare is of no small consequence to our reading of his Sonnets. In 1986, John Kerrigan’s critical edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets and A Lover’s Complaint appeared. Kerrigan, for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

Samuel Daniel's The Complaint of Rosamond and an Emblematic Reconsideration of A Lover's Complaint

Go, Kenji.
Studies in Philology , Volume 104 (1) – Feb 22, 2007
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Samuel Daniel’s The Complaint of Rosamond and an Emblematic Reconsideration of A Lover’s Complaint by Kenji Go F William Shakespeare authorized the publication of the 1609 quarto titled SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS, it is next to impossible to be- I lieve that any other poet was the author of the 329 -line narrative poem which was printed at its end under the heading: ‘‘A Louers com- plaint. / BY / William Shake-speare .’’ On the other hand, if Q’s pub- lication was unauthorized by Shakespeare, it is conceivable that this ‘‘complaint’’ was not by him but was somehow added in the volume by its publisher, Thomas Thorpe. If, as Brian Vickers claims he has done, one can demonstrate convincingly that A Lover’s Complaint was written by someone else, we may then conclude that Q’s publication was in- deed not authorized by Shakespeare and that it ought to be regarded as an instance of Thorpe’s ‘‘sharp practice’’ to ‘‘cash in on Shakespeare’s publishing prestige.’’ Whether or not A Lover’s Complaint is a work of Shakespeare is of no small consequence to our reading of his Sonnets. In 1986, John Kerrigan’s critical edition of Shakespeare’s Sonnets and A Lover’s Complaint appeared. Kerrigan, for

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Published: Feb 22, 2007

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