Pseudonymous Shakespeare: Rioting Language in the Sidney CircleAn investigation into modes of early modern English literary 'indirection, ' this study could also be considered a detective work on a pseudonym attached to some late sixteenth-century works. In the course of unmasking 'R.L.', McCarthy scrutinizes devices employed by writers in the Sidney coterie: punning, often across languages; repetitio-insistence on a sound, or hiding two persons 'under one hood'; disingenuous juxtaposition; evocation of original context; differential spelling (intended and significant). Among McCarthy's stunning-but solidly underpinned-conclusions are: Shakespeare used the pseudonym 'R.L.' among other pseudonyms; one, 'William Smith', was also his 'alias' in life; Shakespeare was at the heart of the Sidney circle, whose literary programme was hostile to Elizabeth I; and his work, composed mainly from the late 1570s to the early 90s, occasionally 'embedded' in the work of others, was covertly alluded to more often than has been recognized |
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... tell a simple detective story that may have implications for the reading of a great many stories - stories we tell about the meaning of the literature of sixteenth- and early seventeenth - century England . I also want to object that ...
... tell a simple detective story that may have implications for the reading of a great many stories - stories we tell about the meaning of the literature of sixteenth- and early seventeenth - century England . I also want to object that ...
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Rioting Language in the Sidney Circle Penny McCarthy. - story I want to tell about Elizabethan literature is also ... telling of tales ( plays , poems , anything in print ) , about inter- or super- or hyper - subjectivity in writing ...
Rioting Language in the Sidney Circle Penny McCarthy. - story I want to tell about Elizabethan literature is also ... telling of tales ( plays , poems , anything in print ) , about inter- or super- or hyper - subjectivity in writing ...
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... tell ' . The Chaucer / Thopas of The Canterbury Tales is prevented from telling his secret by the Host who presides over the pilgrims ' contest as they wend their way to Canterbury . Sidney performs a similar act of censorship on ...
... tell ' . The Chaucer / Thopas of The Canterbury Tales is prevented from telling his secret by the Host who presides over the pilgrims ' contest as they wend their way to Canterbury . Sidney performs a similar act of censorship on ...
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