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 38
... Peter Milward , whose study Shakespeare's Religious Background3 rehearsed what was known or guessed about Shakespeare and persons or things Jesuitical , and augmented the list of echoes of Southwell's works that might be heard in those ...
... Peter Milward , whose study Shakespeare's Religious Background3 rehearsed what was known or guessed about Shakespeare and persons or things Jesuitical , and augmented the list of echoes of Southwell's works that might be heard in those ...
Page 60
... Peter Milward noted the similarity as one of several isolated shards of evidence for his contentions , but did nothing else with it . He also repeated Grosart's theory that a line from the poem that prefaces Saint Peters Complaint ...
... Peter Milward noted the similarity as one of several isolated shards of evidence for his contentions , but did nothing else with it . He also repeated Grosart's theory that a line from the poem that prefaces Saint Peters Complaint ...
Page 62
... that can both roll in " frenzy " and " glance " through space indefinite . Just so , but with more solemnity , Saint Peter complains of " fabling wits " devoted only to " lovers layes " ( 34 ) , 62 SHAKESPEARE , THE EARL , AND THE JESUIT.
... that can both roll in " frenzy " and " glance " through space indefinite . Just so , but with more solemnity , Saint Peter complains of " fabling wits " devoted only to " lovers layes " ( 34 ) , 62 SHAKESPEARE , THE EARL , AND THE JESUIT.
Page 63
... Peter's recol- lection of " Thabors joyes " ( 181 ) , occasioned at Christ's " transfigu- ration " on that mountain ( Matt . 17 : 2 ; cf. EC , 32 : " transfigured " ) . 62 The reminiscences of Southwell's poetry with which the play's ...
... Peter's recol- lection of " Thabors joyes " ( 181 ) , occasioned at Christ's " transfigu- ration " on that mountain ( Matt . 17 : 2 ; cf. EC , 32 : " transfigured " ) . 62 The reminiscences of Southwell's poetry with which the play's ...
Page 64
... Peter is fond of extolling Christ's eyes , as he does in a fashion that would become Crashavian : O Turtle twins all ... Peter's Christ , in whose " deare eyes " ( also called " nect- ared Aumbryes " and " sweet elements " ) can be read ...
... Peter is fond of extolling Christ's eyes , as he does in a fashion that would become Crashavian : O Turtle twins all ... Peter's Christ , in whose " deare eyes " ( also called " nect- ared Aumbryes " and " sweet elements " ) can be read ...
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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