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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... in ways that the superficial pa- tron - client relationship rarely countenanced . The poet and play- wright , it will be argued , spoke not only to his benefactor's vanity and pleasure , but to his moral sense ; spoke INTRODUCTION 19.
... in ways that the superficial pa- tron - client relationship rarely countenanced . The poet and play- wright , it will be argued , spoke not only to his benefactor's vanity and pleasure , but to his moral sense ; spoke INTRODUCTION 19.
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John Klause. and pleasure , but to his moral sense ; spoke not as a preacher ( which he lacked standing to do ) , but as someone who shared with him certain quandaries of conscience . Some of these were dilem- mas posed by the Jesuit ...
John Klause. and pleasure , but to his moral sense ; spoke not as a preacher ( which he lacked standing to do ) , but as someone who shared with him certain quandaries of conscience . Some of these were dilem- mas posed by the Jesuit ...
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... morality of Venus stands in sharp contrast to the deliberately simplified immorality of Donne's audacious pieces . If , finally , Shakespeare merely considered his Jesuit cousin too much of a puritan , Southwell's religious rigor may be ...
... morality of Venus stands in sharp contrast to the deliberately simplified immorality of Donne's audacious pieces . If , finally , Shakespeare merely considered his Jesuit cousin too much of a puritan , Southwell's religious rigor may be ...
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... morally self - satisfied ( not even the fair youth of the Sonnets was so ) and narcissistic , blind to the dangers of the world and not up to meeting them . Adonis is only half a sympathetic character , and a comic as well as a ...
... morally self - satisfied ( not even the fair youth of the Sonnets was so ) and narcissistic , blind to the dangers of the world and not up to meeting them . Adonis is only half a sympathetic character , and a comic as well as a ...
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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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