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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... 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 the Jesuit Introduction Biographical 11 Notes on the Text.
... 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 the Jesuit Introduction Biographical 11 Notes on the Text.
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... noted , however , that Honigmann attributes to Shake- speare a Catholicism without content , a mere badge of identifica- tion that seems to change shape when the writer of history plays shows signs of anticlericalism and unhappiness ...
... noted , however , that Honigmann attributes to Shake- speare a Catholicism without content , a mere badge of identifica- tion that seems to change shape when the writer of history plays shows signs of anticlericalism and unhappiness ...
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... noted , Southwell's twentieth - century biographer , Christopher Devlin , went further . He noted ( as had Grosart ) that in an edition of Southwell's works published by the Jesuit press at St. Omer in 1616 , the opening to the prose ...
... noted , Southwell's twentieth - century biographer , Christopher Devlin , went further . He noted ( as had Grosart ) that in an edition of Southwell's works published by the Jesuit press at St. Omer in 1616 , the opening to the prose ...
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... noted by the latest editor of Southwell's poems , Nancy Pollard Brown , nothing in the edition of 1616 , with its tantalizing initials , " points to any source acquired directly from Southwell or his associates on the Mission ...
... noted by the latest editor of Southwell's poems , Nancy Pollard Brown , nothing in the edition of 1616 , with its tantalizing initials , " points to any source acquired directly from Southwell or his associates on the Mission ...
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... noted above ) was a descendant as well of Sir Robert Belknap , a distant blood relative of Shakespeare . 12 The Copley home in west Sussex , probably well known to the Southwell chil- dren , stood in a " wide semi - circle " of Catholic ...
... noted above ) was a descendant as well of Sir Robert Belknap , a distant blood relative of Shakespeare . 12 The Copley home in west Sussex , probably well known to the Southwell chil- dren , stood in a " wide semi - circle " of Catholic ...
Contents
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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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