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"Whome None But Death Could Shake": An Unreported Epitaph on Shakespeare.

Authors :
Evans, Robert C.
Source :
Shakespeare Quarterly; Spring88, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p60-60, 1p
Publication Year :
1988

Abstract

Describes an epitaph appearing on the last end page of the Shakespeare Folio no. 26 in the collection of the Folger Library. Writing of the epitaph around 1625; Authentication of the epitaph; Evidence for the extremely high regard in which William Shakespeare was held by many of his contemporaries; Possibility that the epitaph's author may have been recalling the last two lines of Shakespeare's own Sonnet 55.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00373222
Volume :
39
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Shakespeare Quarterly
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
15663924
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.2307/2870588