“A Lover’s Complaint”: Bad Shakespeare, or Not Even That?

Document Type

Humanities

Authors

Madeline C. Duvall, Pepperdine UniversityFollow

Abstract

In this essay, author Madeline Duvall argues in favor of attributing "A Lover's Complaint" to William Shakespeare. She observes the publication history and historical context of "A Lover's Complaint," as well as its metaphorical, prosodic, and thematic similarities to other works of Shakespeare, most prominently his sonnets and "The Rape of Lucrece." To make her argument, the author cites other statistical and historical studies of "A Lover's Complaint," and provides her own line-by-line analysis of the work in order to find matching words.

Recommended Citation

Duvall, Madeline C. (2020) "“A Lover’s Complaint”: Bad Shakespeare, or Not Even That?," Global Tides: Vol. 14, Article 2.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.pepperdine.edu/globaltides/vol14/iss1/2