Omissions, Blanks, and Silences – Reading Shakespeare’s Sonnet 126
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The purpose of this essay is threefold: first, it provides an overview of the complicated print history of Q 126 with a special emphasis on the status accorded to the empty couplet across editions. Second, it discusses recent critical interpretations of the empty couplet and highlights three theories that give a visual reading of the parentheses and the blank space at their capture. Third, it offers a new interpretation of the couplet that takes into account the visual, verbal, and aural modes of the poem.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Symbolism: An International Annual of Critical Aesthetics |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 21 |
ISSN | 1528-3623 |
Publication status | Accepted/In press - 12 Aug 2021 |
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