Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-234) and index.

"The Fickle Glass is a study of the problems, techniques, meaning, and value of Shakespeare's sonnets. The book sums and clarifies the problems, defends the order of the 1609 edition, proves that Christopher Marlowe is the rival poet (if sceptical hilarity is your response to such claim, the author requests only that you read the argument with care), analyzes-- in rich detail and Elizabethan context-- meter, rhetoric, and structure, and the major themes of negotiation and Neo-Platonism, leading to the final chapter, a critical evaluation." -Publisher.

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