Shakespeare’s sonnets — an honest account of love and a surprising portal to the man himself
- Written by Dr Jamie Q Roberts, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Sydney
Giovanni Cariani, Portrait of Two Young Men. The bulk of the sonnets are addressed to a young man known as the 'fair youth'.Most of us are familiar with Shakespeare’s plays. Even if we aren’t Shakespeare geeks, chances are we’ve waded through five or six in school, seen several movie adaptations and been to an “in the...





