the Romantics," says Raimund Borgmeier from Giessen University in Hesse. "The sonnets should not be interpreted as being based on actual experience."
<BR><BR>Whether one accepts Hammerschmidt's claims or considers them a comedy of errors, her book is as absorbing as one of the Bard's own plays. Until conclusive counter-evidence has been produced, readers might do as Prospero suggests: "Do not infest your mind with beating on/ The strangeness of this business/... be cheerful/ And think of each thing well."
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