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- Title
SOUTHWELL'S 'BURNING BABE' AND THE 'NAKED NEW-BORN BABE' IN MACBETH.
- Authors
Edgecombe, Rodney Stenning
- Abstract
Discusses inspiration that William Shakespeare drew upon Robert Southwell's 'The Burning Babe' in his play 'Macbeth.' Ways in which both writers stress the recency of the infant's birth; Presentation of the infant as capable of a powerful vertical posture; Traditional Catholic presentations of theophanies and hagiophanies.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; INFLUENCE (Literary, artistic, etc.); SHAKESPEARE, William, 1564-1616; SOUTHWELL, Robert, Saint, ca. 1561-1595; EARLY modern English drama
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 2001, Vol 48, Issue 3, p295
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1093/nq/48-3-295