"Punctuation as Configuration; or, How Many Sentences Are There in Sonnet 1?" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc370/ Author: Sherman, William H. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Mayer, Shakespearean Configurations (http://extra.shu.ac.uk/emls/si-21/00-Contents.htm.) : Mayer, Shakespearean Configurations Annotation: Explores how "various argumentative, rhetorical, and generic structures at work in Shakespeare's sonnets . . . can be enhanced or effaced by changes in punctuation." Analyzes editions of Sonnets with a series of questions in mind: "What kind of punctuation does the best job of giving modern readers access to early modern texts? Whose punctuation is preserved in editions like Eld's 1609 Sonnets? What was the function of a colon in Shakespeare's day and what, for that matter, was a sentence?" Language: English Persons: Mayer, Jean-Christophe; Sillars, Stuart; Vasileiou, Margaret Keywords: punctuation Tags: Sonnets, Textual and Bibliographical Studies WSB Update: Fall 2013 WSB Record Number: bbbc370