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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... evidence for it , with plausible speculation , out of the literary and bio- graphical remains of the conversants , and founding his argument securely on the discovery that Shakespeare's writing is influenced in a major way by ...
... evidence for it , with plausible speculation , out of the literary and bio- graphical remains of the conversants , and founding his argument securely on the discovery that Shakespeare's writing is influenced in a major way by ...
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... evidence and to deposit contributions made by the " life " to criti- cism . Katherine Duncan - Jones , another assiduous scholar , some- times takes " novelistic " liberties in fashioning her portrait of " Ungentle Shakespeare . " 3 ...
... evidence and to deposit contributions made by the " life " to criti- cism . Katherine Duncan - Jones , another assiduous scholar , some- times takes " novelistic " liberties in fashioning her portrait of " Ungentle Shakespeare . " 3 ...
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... evidence of opaque remains , and something sadly timid in the principled re- fusal to condone any daring speculation about the secrets of an ex- traordinary mind . Risks may lead to discoveries when caution leaves us reconciled to ...
... evidence of opaque remains , and something sadly timid in the principled re- fusal to condone any daring speculation about the secrets of an ex- traordinary mind . Risks may lead to discoveries when caution leaves us reconciled to ...
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... evidence were developed upon which to base conjecture ? It is the premise of this study that such evidence can be pro- duced , leading to fresh speculation about Shakespeare's personal connections and his attitudes toward religion and ...
... evidence were developed upon which to base conjecture ? It is the premise of this study that such evidence can be pro- duced , leading to fresh speculation about Shakespeare's personal connections and his attitudes toward religion and ...
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... evidence and the arguments are intri- guing , and recent biographers of Shakespeare have with varying degrees of credence felt compelled to take them into account . It should be noted , however , that Honigmann attributes to Shake ...
... evidence and the arguments are intri- guing , and recent biographers of Shakespeare have with varying degrees of credence felt compelled to take them into account . It should be noted , however , that Honigmann attributes to Shake ...
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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