It’s time to introduce my new book SHAKESPEARE’S SON AND HIS SONNETS, due for release on December 1st, from Martin and Lawrence Press. This is what you might call an “expanded introduction” and “overview” or “synopsis” of THE MONUMENT, my full edition of the Shakespearean sonnets demonstrating the first-ever “macro” theory explaining the entire sequence — its elegant design or structure, its special language and the highly dangerous, even treasonous story preserved for those of us in posterity.
The idea is to provide a clear look at the so-called Monument Theory — actually, what I believe is the correct solution to the longstanding mystery of the Sonnets — for the general public as well as for students, literary scholars, historians, folks involved in the theater and general readers of all stripes.
The 218-page paperback book can be ordered in advance at Amazon using this link.
The Table of Contents looks like this:
Introduction
One ………………….. A Royal Story
Two …………………. A Special Language
Three ………………. A Dynamic Design
Four ………………… A Tudor Prince
Five …………………. The Earl of Southampton
Six …………………… A New Time Frame
Seven ………………. A New Context
Eight ……………….. An Overview of the Story
Nine ………………… The Essex Rebellion
Ten ………………….. The Prisoner
Eleven ……………… Sonnet 107: Liberation
Twelve …………….. Sonnet 107: Commentary
Thirteen …………… Sonnet 133: Awaiting Execution
Fourteen ………….. Oxford in the Sonnets
End Notes
Bibliography
Index
I’ll have more details in the coming days and weeks….
Cheers from Hank!
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