EGO AND NARCISSUS: The Internal Triangle

By: Sidney Lubow

A New Interpretation of Shakespeare’s Sonnets
By Sidney Lubow

This iconoclastic, highly original interpretation of Shakespeare’s SONNETS finds new meaning by linking them to A LOVER’S COMPLAINT and THE PHOENIX AND TURTLE.

The author, who in 2021 celebrated his 100th birthday, has devoted his retirement to the task of decoding Shakespeare’s most enigmatic works.

Viewed as soliloquies involving three “private friends,” the sonnets appear infinitely more revealing and moving than they ever did before. They become a kind of literary fugue and three-part invention in which the author bares his soul in the clash among his various parts for dominance and immortality. The themes are ever dramatic: Immortality through literary creation vs. immortality through procreation. Value as a poet vs. value as a man. Jealousy and conflict vs. love and peace.

Read this book with an open mind. It’s bound to open your eyes.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 204 pages

• ISBN-13: 978-1-5422-0350-0

• Book Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches