Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Critic: Violli, Unicio J. Affiliation: Associate Professor Of English, Fairleigh Dickinson University The Sonnets And The Critics: A Survey Sixteenth Century: Francis Meres: In 1598 Francis Meres wrote his Palladis Tamia: Wits Treasury, wherein he comments upon Shakespeare's passing his "sugared sonnets among his private friends." This indicates that Shakespeare circulated his sonnets among his private friends in manuscript, his aim being to win their esteem and praise. Poetic activity was, unlike playwriting, a gentleman's occupation in which there was to be no moneta...
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