The Shakespeare Book
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MAN 219 The question of who is meant by “Mr. W. H.” is a long-standing mystery in literary history. Some ...
220 others are related to one another in subject matter and fall naturally into groups of varying length. The first 17 appear to ...
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MAN 221 No. 147 makes the point bluntly: “For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, / Who art ...
222 SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS In the closing lines of No. 151, the poet leaves no doubt about what part of the body he means by “fle ...
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MAN 223 “I remember your saying that you had notions of a good Genius presiding over you. I have of late ...
224 I n the 1609 volume Shakespeare’s Sonnets, the final item was printed with a separate heading saying that it too is by Shake ...
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MAN 225 I n 1601, in a book by Robert Chester called Love’s Martyr: or Rosalind’s Complaint, appeared a p ...
226 WITH SELFSAME HAND SELF REASONS AND SELF RIGHT WOULD SHARK ON YOU SIR THOMAS MORE (1603–1604) I n 1753, the British Museum a ...
THE LORD CHAMBERLAIN’S MAN 227 The German artist Hans Holbein captured More’s intelligence and dignity in this extraordinarily v ...
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230 O n March 24, 1603, Queen Elizabeth I died after 45 years on the throne. She was succeeded by her cousin James VI of Scotlan ...
231 government, the Gunpowder Plot. The plot was foiled when a Catholic lord was given a secret warning and tipped off the autho ...
MAN PROUD MAN DRESSED IN A LITTLE BRIEF AUTHORITY MEASURE FOR MEASURE (1603–1604) ...
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234 D uke Vincentio hands power to his deputy Angelo and announces that he is leaving the country on business. During the 14 yea ...
235 that she sleeps with him. Isabella is distraught, but Angelo reminds her that no one would believe her were she to report hi ...
236 I n the opening scene, Duke Vincentio reveals to Escalus his plan to leave Vienna, lending Angelo “all the organs / Of our p ...
237 (3.1.380–383). The puritanical Angelo would seem a prime candidate for restoring moral order in a city that has become disea ...
238 MEASURE FOR MEASURE that they have much in common, but the context in which they first meet is crucial in defining the dynam ...
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