Shakespeare, the Earl, and the JesuitThe name of the Jesuit Robert Southwell has now and then been linked with Shakespeare's, but vaguely and tentatively. The name of Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, has been perennially been linked with Shakespeare's, sometimes not vaguely and tentatively enough. This book offers reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men, who were "kinsmen" as their contemporaries understood the term. --From publisher's description. |
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Page 171
... called to visit his mother in her closet . Scattered through this scene are brief echoes of Southwell's wording . For example , rather close together in the Epistle of Comfort one finds suggestions for Hamlet's " as just a man / As e'er ...
... called to visit his mother in her closet . Scattered through this scene are brief echoes of Southwell's wording . For example , rather close together in the Epistle of Comfort one finds suggestions for Hamlet's " as just a man / As e'er ...
Page 226
... called it ) , 1 Measure for Measure , recreates Lucrece . Angelo is a new Tarquin , a would - be rapist in whom lust is inspired by the special mystery that a woman's virtue gives to her body ( Luc 8-9 ; MM 2.2.161–86 ) . Isabella , a ...
... called it ) , 1 Measure for Measure , recreates Lucrece . Angelo is a new Tarquin , a would - be rapist in whom lust is inspired by the special mystery that a woman's virtue gives to her body ( Luc 8-9 ; MM 2.2.161–86 ) . Isabella , a ...
Page 232
... called " essentially materialist and pagan " ; but as Daryll Gless has pointed out , they are not only close to language of the stoically inspired " ars moriendi " tradition of Christian contemplation , they serve ( since Claudio is not ...
... called " essentially materialist and pagan " ; but as Daryll Gless has pointed out , they are not only close to language of the stoically inspired " ars moriendi " tradition of Christian contemplation , they serve ( since Claudio is not ...
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