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 The Phoenix and the Turtle is an allegorical poem about the death of ideal love by William Shakespeare. It is widely considered to be one of his most obscure works and has led to many conflicting interpretations.[1] It has also been called "the first... 
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 Critical Essay by John Klause
11,608 words, approx. 39 pages
 In the following essay, Klause places The Phoenix and Turtle within its appropriate cultural, literary, autobiographical, religious, and ideological contexts in order to ascertain its proper significance in Shakespeare's oeuvre. The critic concludes that rather than celebrating Sir John Salusbury, as the other contributors to Love's Martyr had done, Shakespeare set out to subtly disparage him.
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Critical Essay by William H. Matchett
9,227 words, approx. 31 pages
In the following essay, Matchett analyzes The Phoenix and Turtle with an emphasis on structure, versification, symbolism, and the "texture of complexities and ambiguities in the poem. "
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Critical Essay by Vincent F. Petronella
8,857 words, approx. 30 pages
"Shakespeare's 'The Phoenix and the Turtle' and the Defunctive Music of Ecstasy," Shakespeare Studies: An Annual Gathering of Research, Criticism, and Reviews, Vol. VIII, 1975, pp. 311-31. In the essay that follows, Petronella discusses the structuring trope of ecstasy, which does not effect the separation of the immortal soul from the body, but the state of "love-in-death."
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The Phoenix and the Turtle by William Shakespeare | |
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