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- Title
'MY NAME BE BURIED WHERE MY BODY IS': THE INFLUENCE OF ECCLESIASTICUS 41 ON SONNETS 71-74.
- Authors
STRITMATTER, ROGER
- Abstract
The article presents a critique of English sonnets 71-74 by William Shakespeare, highlighting the influence of the deutero-canonical Old Testament book of Ecclesiasticus on the religious worldview of the poet. Topics addressed include ontology of names, specific passages in Ecclesiasticus that correspond to lines within the given sonnets, and references to the human body and death.
- Subjects
SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616 -- Poetic works; BIBLE. Apocrypha. Ecclesiasticus; RELIGION in Shakespeare's works; SONNET; BIBLE in literature; DEATH in poetry; NAMES &; religion
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2015, Vol 62, Issue 4, p583
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Poetry Review
- DOI
10.1093/notesj/gjv133