BORROWED
CONCEITS OF THE
SONNETS
Slender 109
autobiographical
element in
Shakespeare's sonnets
The imitative element 109
Shakespeare's claims 113
of immortality for
his sonnets a
borrowed conceit
Conceits in sonnets 117
addressed to a woman
The praise of 118
'blackness'
The sonnets of 120
vituperation
Gabriel Harvey's 121
_Amorous Odious
sonnet_
Jodelle's _Contr' 122
Amours_
IX--THE PATRONAGE OF
THE EARL OF
SOUTHAMPTON
Biographic fact in 125
the 'dedicatory'
sonnets
The Earl of 126
Southampton the
poet's sole patron
Rivals in 130
Southampton's favour
Shakespeare's fear of 132
another poet
Barnabe Barnes 133
probably the chief
rival
Other theories as to 134
the chief rival's
identity
Sonnets of friendship 136
Extravagances of 138
literary compliment
Patrons habitually 139
addressed in
affectionate terms
Direct references to 142
Southampton in the
sonnets of friendship
His youthfulness 143
The evidence of 144
portraits
Sonnet cvii. the last 147
of the series