| Description | In this essay, Waterfield analyses whether Shakespeare's Sonnets reveal evidence of an affair with a lady, but it begins with a note about romantic commentators on Shakespeare and a friendship he had with a young man. The essay appears to be incomplete as it connects to Waterfield's notebook on some of Shakespeare's Sonnets, but the sonnets referred to in the essay end at Sonnet 52, whereas the notebook examines Sonnets 1-86. The tone of the essay is critical and plain-speaking, for example, there is a discussion on whether Shakespeare and/or his friend had 'intercourse' with the lady. The first page includes introduces the subject and the subsequent two pages are notes referencing related material in the sonnets in chronological order. |