Mr. Krieger attempts to extract a total mythology from Shakespeare'sSonnetsand to use this mythology in their interpretation. Engaged in developing a poetics which will create a daring and inclusive view of poetry, he uses the metaphor of window and mirror to explore the implications of moving into a poems closed context and outward to history and existence.
Originally published in 1964.
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