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 36
... - ble of " proof " but may be " true " nonetheless , awaiting firmer substantiation . This book relies on such a premise . 1 Connections I IT WAS QUITE USUAL FOR ELIZABETHAN EARLS 36 SHAKESPEARE , THE EARL , AND THE JESUIT.
... - ble of " proof " but may be " true " nonetheless , awaiting firmer substantiation . This book relies on such a premise . 1 Connections I IT WAS QUITE USUAL FOR ELIZABETHAN EARLS 36 SHAKESPEARE , THE EARL , AND THE JESUIT.
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... true , as Brown says , that this text itself shows no special signs of derivation from South- well's own milieu ; but there is no reason to assume that the Jesuit editors introduced the new material without warrant . For them to have ...
... true , as Brown says , that this text itself shows no special signs of derivation from South- well's own milieu ; but there is no reason to assume that the Jesuit editors introduced the new material without warrant . For them to have ...
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... True love in Heav'n , seek thou thy sweet repast Where ... semblant fayre doth wayte O loath that love whose final ayme is lust 25 : Selfe pleasing soules 1027 : Venus and Adonis As falcons to the lure 793-96 : " Call it not love , for ...
... True love in Heav'n , seek thou thy sweet repast Where ... semblant fayre doth wayte O loath that love whose final ayme is lust 25 : Selfe pleasing soules 1027 : Venus and Adonis As falcons to the lure 793-96 : " Call it not love , for ...
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... true act of resistance to Southwell is Shakespeare's choice of Venus as a subject after reading an exhortation from the Jesuit poet to the " finest wits " that they forsake her . What is the meaning of such apparent defiance of a ...
... true act of resistance to Southwell is Shakespeare's choice of Venus as a subject after reading an exhortation from the Jesuit poet to the " finest wits " that they forsake her . What is the meaning of such apparent defiance of a ...
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... true love " never would " run smooth " ( MND , 1.1.134 ) . Perhaps by the time of his mother's wedding , certainly not long after it , he had become taken with Elizabeth Vernon , a relatively poor cousin of the earl of Essex and one of ...
... true love " never would " run smooth " ( MND , 1.1.134 ) . Perhaps by the time of his mother's wedding , certainly not long after it , he had become taken with Elizabeth Vernon , a relatively poor cousin of the earl of Essex and one of ...
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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