1st Edition
Aemilia Lanyer as Shakespeare’s Rival Poet The Narrative of Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Prologue
1 A Can of Worms or a Locked Treasure Chest
SECTION A: Patterns in The Sonnets
2 Sonneteering in Love’s Labour’s Lost
3 Social Class and Address Mode
4 Rough‑Cut Key to the Two Voices
5 Styles of the Two Voices
6 Sonnet Authorship Key Refined
SECTION B: Circa 1592–4
7 Beauty’s Rose: (A’s 1–12)
8 My Mistress’ Eyes Are Raven Black: (A’s 14, 127–8 & B’s 13, 15–17)
9 Master‑Mistress of My Passion: (A’s 18, 20, 129, 130 & B’s 19, 21)
10 The Perfect Ceremony of Love’s Rite: (A’s 22, 24, 26, 131–2 & B’s 23, 25)
11 Thou Hast Thy Will: (A’s 27–42, 133–8) 128 12 His Sweet Up‑Locked Treasure: (A’s 43–51, 139–44 & B’s 52–9)
13 Chronology c.1592–4
SECTION C: Circa 1595–1600
14 Roses of Shadow: (A’s 60–5, 67–70, 77 & B’s 66, 71–2, 75–6)
15 Both Your Poets: (A’s 78–9, 82 & B’s 80–1, 83–6)
16 Ladies Dead and Lovely Knights: (A’s 87–93 & B’s 98, 102–6)
17 Unfather’d Fruit: (A’s 94–7, 99–101)
18 Since I Left You: (B’s 111–20 & A Lover’s Complaint)
19 Chronology c.1595–1600
SECTION D: Circa 1601–8
20 A More Mischievous Author
21 My Rose: (A’s 107–10)
22 Paying Too Much Rent: (A’s 121–6)
23 I Hate … Not You: (A’s 145–52)
24 Authority and Chronology c.1601–1609: (A’s 153–4)
25 An Overview
Addendum
26 Milton’s Muse?
Biography
Mark Bradbeer has published on Shakespeare, authorship and Early Modern literature. His career was largely in biomedical research, but on retirement, he pursued his passion for Shakespeare and Shakespeare research. Consequently, his literary record has been predominantly in scientific and clinical research publications.
