What do Shakespeare's sonnets actually say?  What can they tell us about the life or character of the man who penned them?
Not only romantic and philosophical, the sonnets are erotic, desperate, and often angry, laced with shocking sexual imagery and emotional confession;  as a group, they break all conventions of Elizabethan poetry, and trace the ghostly outline of two passionate affairs -- one a brief, tawdry fling with a mature voluptuous woman, and one a long, fraught relationship with an androgynous young man.

This will be followed by a discussion of the publication of the sonnets,  the possible identities of the "Dark Lady" and "Fair Youth," and their relation to the plays; and then by a discussion for patrons only of the "authorship controversy."

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Poems analyzed in this lecture:  1, 18, 20, 27, 33, 50, 52, 80, 86, 116, 127, 128, 129, 144

Full text of Shakespeare's sonnets, searchable:  http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/Archive/allsonn.htm

Suggested further reading:  Katherine Duncan-Jones, ed., "Shakespeare's Sonnets";  Joseph Pequigney, "Such Is My Love";  Lynn Magnusson, "A Modern Perspective" in Folger Shakespeare Library's edition of Shakespeare's Poems.

Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt.  2: "Comfort and Despair"

History lectures by Samuel Biagetti, a historian (and antique dealer) with a Phd in early American history; my dissertation was on Freemasonry in the 1700s. I focus on the historical myths and distortions, from "the Middle Ages" to "Race," that people use to rationalize the world in which we live.   More info at www.historiansplaining.com

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Past live shows:
25.10.24 -Brussels,BE @ Kiosk Radio - Parc Royal as Дж ЦAPЦ (haunted cassette set)
24.2.24 - Belgrade, SRB w/ umbra, envelope cruz, exoterran @ KC Živa

13.5.23 Lausanne,CH- La Datcha as Дж ЦAPЦ (DJ)
25.2.23 Paris,FR -Cirque Électrique w/Ame De Boue, Netwerk Null. Purpureal

21.8.22 Bruxelles,BE- Kiosk Radio-Parc Royal w/Exoterran
20.8.22 Ghent,BE Café Molotov w/dream shore, Exoterran
18.8.22 Lausanne,CH-85 Rue de Genève ktbtk tape jockey set as Дж ЦAPЦ w/ Exoterran

9.20-22.2021 :ATAVUS: Red Hawk Avalon,WA w/atlea, the vivid, obsrvr, conniptor, baz neurex, purpureal, dj pink noise, dj arktaion
5/29/2021 -Olympia, WA CabininForest w/agarikon, purpureal, dj ocean, baz neurex+

17.01.2020-Olympia, US -cryptatropa
Danz Cryptiq

27.12.19 Olympia,US- voyeur.synth fatale w/zygari, purpureal, djculturebane
31.10.19 Pancevo,RS- w/envelopecruz, shaan
24.5.19 Reims,FR - Quartier Libre w/WTNS.. 
 26.2.19 Berlin,DE-Linie 206
 11.1.19-Belgrade,RS-DorcalPlatz w/envelopecruz, umbra, SAUD, savmart

2018
07.6.18 Beograd, Serbia- Ostavinska Galerija
29.6.18 Skopje, Macedonia-Error Kolectiv presents live at CosyBar
28.7.18 Beograd,Serbia-furija info shop
9.16.18 Olympia,US-house of bog 

2017
22.9.17 Olympia, US-Le Voyeur

Republic of China tour w/ Purpureal Daystar

19.8.17 Tainan.Taiwan- 182 Art Space
22.8.17 Tainan, Taiwan- 能nin空間
27.8.17 Hsinchu.Taiwan- Jiang Shan Yi Gai Suo w/pineapple
02.9.17 Taipai.Taiwan- Revolver Bar
08.9.17 Tainan.Taiwan- TCRC Livehouse & Records
09.9.17 Tainan.Taiwan- Factory

21.5.17 St. Louis,US -Foam w/ Aleph Eris

Myth of the Month 10: Who Was Shakespeare? -- pt. 2: "Comfort and Despair"

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