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THE BEARDED LADY: Don’t Tug Too Hard On The Bard’s Beard
Ghost writing in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Why would a man whose works portray well-educated, proto-feminist women raise his own daughter as illiterates as Shakespeare did? Amelia Bassano, on the other hand, made feminist history when she became the first English woman to … Continue reading
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Tagged A.L. Rowse, Amelia Bassano, Amelia Bassano Lanier, Boyd Berry, Caroline Spurgeon, Christine de Pisan, Daniela Amini, Derek Jacobi, Dr. Ben Johnson, Francis Bacon, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ilya Gililov, Jenny Blain, John Hudson Dark lady Players, John Hudson Shakespeare, Kate McLuskie, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lord Henry Hundson, Mark Rylance, Martin Green, Michael Egan Shakespeare, Michael Posner, Shakespeare, Shakespeare authorship, Sir Francis Bacon, Stephanie Hopkins Hughes
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EAT, DRINK AND BE WARY
”The book was so popular it went into six editions during Burton’s lifetime, and its gratified author was eager to doff his anonymity after the first. It should have been popular. Although it gave expression to the pains of the people (always a … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Ben Johnson, English literature, Henry Fuseli, Henry James, Holbrook Jackson, James Shirley The Humorous Courtier, John Boydell, John Fletcher the humorous lieutenant, John Milton, Joseph Wright, Maria Cosway, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, William H. Gass, William Shakespeare, www.tate.org, XTC, XTC Andy Partridge, XTC Colin Moulding, XTC Nonsuch
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CAN'T GET IT OUT OF HIS HEAD
Melancholy, to Robert Burton, the philosopher of melancholy, could encompass many states of mind; mild regret, peaceful contemplation, bitter grief, the hatching of pleasing visions, jealous torments and dementia: I’ll change my state with any wretch, Thou canst from gaol … Continue reading
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Tagged Carrie Ann Baade, Domenico Feti, Dr. Ben Johnson, Dr. Johnson, English literature, Jacek Malczewski, Joan Miro, Midsummer Night's Dream, miro, Robert Burton, Sir William Osler, The Anatomy of Melancholy, William Shakespeare
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