Shakespeare's Sonnets Exposed: Hamnet and Legacy, Mythological Framing
Channel: fisher king
Date: 2018-11-16

The introduction to the sonnet sequence. Visit https://industrialcuriosity.com/shakespeares_sonnets_exposed for links to the podcast on other platforms.

For those of you who'd prefer the text, Shakespeare's Sonnets Exposed Volume 1 (https://www.goodreads.com/work/editions/75624061-shakespeare-s-sonnets-exposed-volume-1) is available in both ebook and paperback format from Amazon and Google Play!

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References:

The following link is to a free, high-quality, searchable copy of the original 1609 Quarto publication of Shakespeare's Sonnets:
https://archive.org/details/shakespearessonn00shakrich. You can also follow along at http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/sonnet/all.php

"Shakespeare's Ovid" can be downloaded from https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7238076M/Shakespeare's_Ovid - the story of Phaethon begins on page 41, Narcissus and Echo on page 71

For Arthur Golding's translation of Ovid's Narcissus and Echo (with modernized English translation by me): https://twubland.blogspot.com/2014/04/goldings-narcissus-and-echo-modernized.html

A hurriedly-compiled list of direct references to Golding's Narcissus and Echo from the sonnets: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QBGW0GP3Sudg9y3XVFgrZqmHtrMo73OsEArbDi2bbOM/edit?usp=sharing

Shakespeare coat of arms:

https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2016/07/05/folger-curator-shares-new-discoveries-shakespeare-coat-of-arms/

http://theshakespeareblog.com/2011/11/the-facts-about-shakespeares-coat-of-arms/

http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/coatofarms.html

https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/explore-shakespeare/shakespedia/william-shakespeare/shakespeare-coat-arms/

The sonnet's rearrangements: 

https://www.jstor.org/stable/433004?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://medium.com/@BluffersGuides/the-mystery-of-shakespeare-s-sonnets-b29803009b92