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셰익스피어의 소네트와 스펜서의 아모레티 읽기A Reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets and Spenser's Amoretti

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A Reading of Shakespeare's Sonnets and Spenser's Amoretti
Authors
임성균
Issue Date
May-2017
Publisher
한국중세근세영문학회
Keywords
Shakespeare; Spenser; Sonnets; Amoretti; love; time; eternity; 셰익스피어; 스펜서; 『소네트』; 『아모레티』; 사랑; 시간; 영원함
Citation
중세근세영문학, v.27, no.1, pp 129 - 149
Pages
21
Journal Title
중세근세영문학
Volume
27
Number
1
Start Page
129
End Page
149
URI
https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/2396
DOI
10.17054/jmemes.2017.27.1.129
ISSN
1738-2556
Abstract
Although William Shakespeare knew well and admired Edmund Spenser and his works, it seems that he considered the elder poet as one of his competitors as well. Shakespeare's Sonnets, probably written around 1598 and published in 1609, significantly reflects the themes and imagery which are often found in Spenser's Amoretti. This paper is to examine both Sonnets and Amoretti in their thematic similarities and differences, so as to better understand the meanings and significances of each sonnet sequence. Despite the various discussions and investigations, we still do not clearly know who "the beloved" in Shakespeare's Sonnets, and the same can be said in Spenser's Amoretti. Spenser declares in sonnet 74 that the three Elizabeth (his mother, the queen, and his wife-to-be) gives him the poetic inspirations. However, it is not only difficult but also somewhat naive to point out which Elizabeth is portrayed in a particular sonnet, for all the three Elizabeth figures appear together in the work as a whole. In Shakespeare's Sonnets, too, "the beloved" takes several different forms. In Spenser's work, the fact that "the beloved" most often takes a form of predator or tyrant suggests that the poet is keenly aware of the presence of the queen and tries to convince the monarch of his presence. To Shakespeare, however, the queen is no more than an important sponsor, and thus his ambition goes towards his own reputations as a great poet. Shakespeare variously employs Spenser's theme and imagery in his Sonnets, but his never accepts the conventions or authorities of the elder poet in his work, so as to prove himself as great a poet as, or better poet than, Spenser.
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