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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... Teares Saint Peters Complaint Short Rules of a Good Life The Triumphs over Death The Bible is cited from the Geneva version of 1587 , except where noted and where quotations contain a different translation . Shakespeare , the Earl , and ...
... Teares Saint Peters Complaint Short Rules of a Good Life The Triumphs over Death The Bible is cited from the Geneva version of 1587 , except where noted and where quotations contain a different translation . Shakespeare , the Earl , and ...
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... of Arundel upon the death of his half - sister , Lady Margaret Sackville , and completed the dramatic prose meditation , Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares , one of his most popular and influential writings . At the 1 : CONNECTIONS 43.
... of Arundel upon the death of his half - sister , Lady Margaret Sackville , and completed the dramatic prose meditation , Marie Magdalens Funeral Teares , one of his most popular and influential writings . At the 1 : CONNECTIONS 43.
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... Teares was in fact licensed and published anony- mously in the year of its composition ; the Triumphs appeared in 1595 ; the Humble Supplication , though topical and " public , " was distributed only in manuscript until it was printed ...
... Teares was in fact licensed and published anony- mously in the year of its composition ; the Triumphs appeared in 1595 ; the Humble Supplication , though topical and " public , " was distributed only in manuscript until it was printed ...
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... teares , " 2 , 8 : shrowds from the sunne , Which tumbleth from the tops where snow is thow'd 15-17 : The hollow clouds full fraught with thundring groans .. discharge their pregnant wombe " Marie Magdalens complaint ... , " 23 ...
... teares , " 2 , 8 : shrowds from the sunne , Which tumbleth from the tops where snow is thow'd 15-17 : The hollow clouds full fraught with thundring groans .. discharge their pregnant wombe " Marie Magdalens complaint ... , " 23 ...
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... Teares ( published in 1591 ) .30 If these conclusions solve a problem , however , they also beget mysteries . Where would Shake- speare have obtained Southwell's poems , none of which was to be published until 1595 ? They would have ...
... Teares ( published in 1591 ) .30 If these conclusions solve a problem , however , they also beget mysteries . Where would Shake- speare have obtained Southwell's poems , none of which was to be published until 1595 ? They would have ...
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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