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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... fashioning her portrait of " Ungentle Shakespeare . " 3 Only recently a biographer of " Will in the World , " Stephen Greenblatt has for some time desired and even dared in some of his writing " to speak 15 Introduction.
... fashioning her portrait of " Ungentle Shakespeare . " 3 Only recently a biographer of " Will in the World , " Stephen Greenblatt has for some time desired and even dared in some of his writing " to speak 15 Introduction.
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John Klause. even dared in some of his writing " to speak with the dead . " 4 Rich- ard Wilson , showing the most temerity among critics in trying to penetrate the walls that surround Shakespeare's well - defended pri- vacy in matters of ...
John Klause. even dared in some of his writing " to speak with the dead . " 4 Rich- ard Wilson , showing the most temerity among critics in trying to penetrate the walls that surround Shakespeare's well - defended pri- vacy in matters of ...
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... speak , is not taciturnity but evasion , that makes the author's purposes known through a com- plex set of codes readily apprehended by those whose faith and ex- perience fitted them for understanding . Perhaps the glass through which ...
... speak , is not taciturnity but evasion , that makes the author's purposes known through a com- plex set of codes readily apprehended by those whose faith and ex- perience fitted them for understanding . Perhaps the glass through which ...
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... speaking be said to echo " with his haire curled up " ; but placed in a line of more cer- tain borrowings , and with the curled hair associated ( perhaps pro- verbially ) in both texts with " pride , " the words truly function as part ...
... speaking be said to echo " with his haire curled up " ; but placed in a line of more cer- tain borrowings , and with the curled hair associated ( perhaps pro- verbially ) in both texts with " pride , " the words truly function as part ...
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... speak to Edgar , " I do not like the fashion of your garments . You will say they are Persian , but let them be chang'd " ( 3.6.80-81 ) . There is an allusion here to the Horatian ode , but in a context that reaches beyond that single ...
... speak to Edgar , " I do not like the fashion of your garments . You will say they are Persian , but let them be chang'd " ( 3.6.80-81 ) . There is an allusion here to the Horatian ode , but in a context that reaches beyond that single ...
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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