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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... language and ideas , they are usually added to the quoted text . Italic script in primary texts is changed to Roman where feasible , to avoid confusion . The works of Robert Southwell are abbreviated as follows : EC EF HS MMFT SPC SR TD ...
... language and ideas , they are usually added to the quoted text . Italic script in primary texts is changed to Roman where feasible , to avoid confusion . The works of Robert Southwell are abbreviated as follows : EC EF HS MMFT SPC SR TD ...
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... language that would not only become a significant part of the poet and playwright's literary achievement as such , but would commu- nicate to Southampton premises and arguments of religious po- lemic to which the earl seems to have ...
... language that would not only become a significant part of the poet and playwright's literary achievement as such , but would commu- nicate to Southampton premises and arguments of religious po- lemic to which the earl seems to have ...
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... language . We know with certainty , however , why parts of Holinshed's Chroni- cles and North's Plutarch and Brooke's Romeus and Juliet appear in Shakespeare's plays : the evidence is overwhelming that the play- wright read , remembered ...
... language . We know with certainty , however , why parts of Holinshed's Chroni- cles and North's Plutarch and Brooke's Romeus and Juliet appear in Shakespeare's plays : the evidence is overwhelming that the play- wright read , remembered ...
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... language . The fellow with his hair " curled , " the " possessed " chambermaids , the pins in the arm , the " croaking " devils lodged in the " inferior parts " all predated by quite a while Shakespeare's references to them . Harsnett ...
... language . The fellow with his hair " curled , " the " possessed " chambermaids , the pins in the arm , the " croaking " devils lodged in the " inferior parts " all predated by quite a while Shakespeare's references to them . Harsnett ...
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... language from Southwell's Epistle of Com- fort : Portia Shyock Portia MV , 4.1.182-205 Then must the Jew be merciful . On what compulsion must I ? tell me that ? The quality of mercy is not strain'd , It droppeth as the gentle rain ...
... language from Southwell's Epistle of Com- fort : Portia Shyock Portia MV , 4.1.182-205 Then must the Jew be merciful . On what compulsion must I ? tell me that ? The quality of mercy is not strain'd , It droppeth as the gentle rain ...
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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