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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... appear in my text and bibliography I thank for their unwitting contributions to this enterprise . A research fellowship from The National Endowment for the Hu- manities gave me the time to begin this study ; research leaves granted by ...
... appear in my text and bibliography I thank for their unwitting contributions to this enterprise . A research fellowship from The National Endowment for the Hu- manities gave me the time to begin this study ; research leaves granted by ...
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... appear in Shakespeare's plays : the evidence is overwhelming that the play- wright read , remembered , and consciously took into account the content , form , and verbal texture of these texts , relying heavily on them for details of ...
... appear in Shakespeare's plays : the evidence is overwhelming that the play- wright read , remembered , and consciously took into account the content , form , and verbal texture of these texts , relying heavily on them for details of ...
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... appears in Harsnett thirty pages after mention of the toadlike " croaking in the belly " that in- spired Edgar's linking of the two creatures ( cf. A Declaration , 195 , 225 and Lear , 3.6.29-31 ) . On the other hand , a single sentence ...
... appears in Harsnett thirty pages after mention of the toadlike " croaking in the belly " that in- spired Edgar's linking of the two creatures ( cf. A Declaration , 195 , 225 and Lear , 3.6.29-31 ) . On the other hand , a single sentence ...
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... appear in some way or another in the second Henriad : the pike ( 2H4 , 3.2.331 ) and the tench ( 1H4 , 2.1.15-16 ) ... appears in Titus ( 1.1.433 ) and in Othello ( 4.2.179 ) . " Enforced wrong " ( 3 ) is found in the canon INTRODUCTION 29.
... appear in some way or another in the second Henriad : the pike ( 2H4 , 3.2.331 ) and the tench ( 1H4 , 2.1.15-16 ) ... appears in Titus ( 1.1.433 ) and in Othello ( 4.2.179 ) . " Enforced wrong " ( 3 ) is found in the canon INTRODUCTION 29.
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... appears in Horace's famous Ode , " Persicos odi , puer , apparatus " ( " I detest , my boy , the pomp of Persia " ; 1.38 ) . The bib- lical tale is of course set in Persia , and involves a stunning reversal I of fortune for the Jew ...
... appears in Horace's famous Ode , " Persicos odi , puer , apparatus " ( " I detest , my boy , the pomp of Persia " ; 1.38 ) . The bib- lical tale is of course set in Persia , and involves a stunning reversal I of fortune for the Jew ...
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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