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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... Dream — a play that if not written in 1594 alluded importantly to the marriage in that year of Southampton's widowed mother to the court official Sir Thomas Heneage . At an- other point of crisis in Southampton's life , he would have ...
... Dream — a play that if not written in 1594 alluded importantly to the marriage in that year of Southampton's widowed mother to the court official Sir Thomas Heneage . At an- other point of crisis in Southampton's life , he would have ...
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... Dream , which may or may not have been writ- ten in 1594 but had much to say about Southampton's situation at that time . What E. K. Chambers once called the " hymeneal " character of the Dream has often evoked speculation that it ...
... Dream , which may or may not have been writ- ten in 1594 but had much to say about Southampton's situation at that time . What E. K. Chambers once called the " hymeneal " character of the Dream has often evoked speculation that it ...
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... Dream need not have been performed at specific wedding festivities to have in some way referred to or derived meaning from them . The Southampton - Heneage marriage could have provided Shakespeare the means to show his patron another ...
... Dream need not have been performed at specific wedding festivities to have in some way referred to or derived meaning from them . The Southampton - Heneage marriage could have provided Shakespeare the means to show his patron another ...
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... Dream had special meaning for Southampton and his circle is its rather uncensorious references to Catholic doctrine and practice . The blessing of the bridal bed resembles the Catholic benedictio thalami ; 59 and the fairies bless rooms ...
... Dream had special meaning for Southampton and his circle is its rather uncensorious references to Catholic doctrine and practice . The blessing of the bridal bed resembles the Catholic benedictio thalami ; 59 and the fairies bless rooms ...
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... Dream the attitude of Theseus is similar , though his language is more suc- cinct : " The lunatic , the lover , and the poet / Are of imagination all compact " ( 5.1.7-8 ) . Arguing for Jesuit influence on Shakespeare , Peter Milward ...
... Dream the attitude of Theseus is similar , though his language is more suc- cinct : " The lunatic , the lover , and the poet / Are of imagination all compact " ( 5.1.7-8 ) . Arguing for Jesuit influence on Shakespeare , Peter Milward ...
Contents
37 | |
Lucrece | 75 |
Ephesus Rome and London | 109 |
Hamlet | 145 |
Alls Well that Ends Well | 201 |
Measure for Measure | 226 |
Conclusion | 256 |
Notes | 260 |
Bibliography | 311 |
Index | 326 |
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