"Shakespeare, Milton, and the Presence of Lyric: Historicism / Formalism / Presentism" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1840/ Author: Staines, John D. Type: Journal Article Year: 2013 Publication Information: Upstart: a Journal of English Renaissance Studies (2013). (http://www.clemson.edu/upstart/index.html) Annotation: Argues that historicists need to pay more attention to lyric in poems by focusing on their private yet public feature, "public reflection." Considers Shakespeare's sonnet 55 from this "methodological perspective." English summary. Language: English Tags: Scholarship, Criticism, History of Criticism, Sonnets WSB Update: Winter 2014 WSB Record Number: bbbc1840