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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... reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men , who were " kinsmen " as their contemporaries under- stood the term . Klause uncovers signs of a secret but continued " conversation " among them about the religious politics ...
... reasons for believing in a relationship among the three men , who were " kinsmen " as their contemporaries under- stood the term . Klause uncovers signs of a secret but continued " conversation " among them about the religious politics ...
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... reasons to thank friends , colleagues , and scholars whom I have never met or known for breaking into my isolation , for helping me as best they could to seek useful knowledge when the discovery of wisdom was never a realistic goal ...
... reasons to thank friends , colleagues , and scholars whom I have never met or known for breaking into my isolation , for helping me as best they could to seek useful knowledge when the discovery of wisdom was never a realistic goal ...
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... reasons why an anonymous William Shakespeare may seem preferable to one who can be known . Because a dead and absent author cannot " tyrannize " over a text , its meanings can become open and pliable , even tantalizingly evasive in the ...
... reasons why an anonymous William Shakespeare may seem preferable to one who can be known . Because a dead and absent author cannot " tyrannize " over a text , its meanings can become open and pliable , even tantalizingly evasive in the ...
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... reason to be persuasive . As a matter of history , this fact will lead to surmises that are less certain than itself , but probable in ways that a judiciously tolerant and enterprisingly curi- ous mind can appreciate , concerning a ...
... reason to be persuasive . As a matter of history , this fact will lead to surmises that are less certain than itself , but probable in ways that a judiciously tolerant and enterprisingly curi- ous mind can appreciate , concerning a ...
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... reasons suggested by Harsnett ) . 15 Often , parallelism in rhetorical form ( again , as part of a convergence of ... reason why a king of years Should be to be protected like a child ( 2 Henry VI , 2.3.28-29 ) Whom like a schoolboy ...
... reasons suggested by Harsnett ) . 15 Often , parallelism in rhetorical form ( again , as part of a convergence of ... reason why a king of years Should be to be protected like a child ( 2 Henry VI , 2.3.28-29 ) Whom like a schoolboy ...
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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