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‘Surprised into Sonneteering’: Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the Gray’s Inn Revels of 1594–5
- Author(s):
- John Peachman (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Subject(s):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, Sonnets, Literary style--Statistical methods, Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Shakespeare sonnets, Inns of court, rival poet, dark lady, Shakespeare, Stylometry, Spenser
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/2ct5-2p36
- Abstract:
- This article argues that the Gray's Inn Revels of 1594-5, and their young Christmas Prince, Mr. Henry Helmes, may have inspired Shakespeare to write many of his 1609 Sonnets to a young man, rather than a woman.
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- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjz088
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Pub. Date:
- 2019-6-17
- Journal:
- Notes and Queries
- Volume:
- 66
- Issue:
- 3
- Page Range:
- 418 - 428
- ISSN:
- 0029-3970,1471-6941
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 3 years ago
- License:
- Attribution-NonCommercial
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‘Surprised into Sonneteering’: Shakespeare’s Sonnets and the Gray’s Inn Revels of 1594–5