莎士比亚于1609年将他的十四行诗献予的一位神秘人物“W.H.先生”,文学史上最旷日持久的争论之一就是有关W.H.先生的身份问题。多少年来,毫不夸张地说,专家学者们对谁是“W.H.”以及他同大诗人之间的关系撰写了数以百计的书籍、文章和论文。他就是那个为出版了1609年四开本的莎翁诗集的伦敦书商托马斯·索尔普搞到手稿的人吗?一位首先鼓励莎士比亚创作出十四行诗的朋友?他就是那个象某些人所猜测的莎士比亚的男性恋人吗? One of the most protracted controversies in the history of literature was Sir W.H., a mysterious figure Shakespeare dedicated his sonata in 1609, to the question of Mr. W.H.’s identity. Over the years, it is no exaggeration to say that experts and scholars have written hundreds of books, articles and essays on who is “W.H.” and his relationship to the great poets. Is he the man who got the manuscript for Thomas Sower, the London bookseller who published the four-part album of Shakespeare in the 1609’s, a friend who first encouraged Shakespeare to create a sonnet? He was like that People guess Shakespeare’s male lover?