Shakespeare Undiminished: Volume Three

The first two volumes, about two hundred and eighty sonnets each, encompassing Books One to Seven, are outweighed by the nearly four hundred sonnets of this one. Book Eight touches on Shakespeare’s courtly refuge in Titchfield, the seat of the Earl of Southampton. Book Nine, Country Toughness, discovers Shakespeare’s assimilations in Warwickshire. Country Flourish, Book Ten, enlarges on his imitation of Midland growth. Plutarchic Shakespare on his knowledge of and care for Rome dilates. The last book, Coriolanus Undiminished, was written a decade before Book Eleven. "Certainly the oddest if most distinctive book of verse I've seen since Hector was a pup. The depth of your hatred for Keynesian economics, that could sustain you through 1564 tightly wrought couplets, is dumbfounding." - X. J. Kennedy on Shakespeare Versus Keynes. “You've blended very well the traditions of Shakespeare, Homer, and the English language sonnet, without erring on the side of pretense. The language is high, direct, and modern. I'm thrilled with these.” Zachary Bos, editor of Sixty Six: a journal of sonnet studies.