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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Page 16
... suggest that a writer's reliance on per- sonal " experience " is essential to his creations can be an insult to his imaginative genius . These are longstanding assumptions , but this book is not a philosophical study in which they must ...
... suggest that a writer's reliance on per- sonal " experience " is essential to his creations can be an insult to his imaginative genius . These are longstanding assumptions , but this book is not a philosophical study in which they must ...
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... suggest how Shakespeare's reaction to his son Ham- net's death might have " had effects on the plays he wrote in its af- termath . " Making use of psychological conjecture , he renounces other " traditional " types of biographical ...
... suggest how Shakespeare's reaction to his son Ham- net's death might have " had effects on the plays he wrote in its af- termath . " Making use of psychological conjecture , he renounces other " traditional " types of biographical ...
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... suggest what effect Catholic " minds " and per- sonalities may have had on Shakespeare's young consciousness , or to indicate that a more mature Shakespeare may have had signifi- cant relationships with Catholics and Catholic thought ...
... suggest what effect Catholic " minds " and per- sonalities may have had on Shakespeare's young consciousness , or to indicate that a more mature Shakespeare may have had signifi- cant relationships with Catholics and Catholic thought ...
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... suggest how the procedures here relied on relate to the tra- ditional practices of source study that may seem in some cases to be modified . Most of the expressions that occur in the work of two authors require no explanation of their ...
... suggest how the procedures here relied on relate to the tra- ditional practices of source study that may seem in some cases to be modified . Most of the expressions that occur in the work of two authors require no explanation of their ...
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... suggest that they might easily have been held in and transported by memory . Once the fact of influence is demonstrated by such probative parallels , a study of sources may then provide other coincident wording in the texts to ...
... suggest that they might easily have been held in and transported by memory . Once the fact of influence is demonstrated by such probative parallels , a study of sources may then provide other coincident wording in the texts to ...
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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