tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029730304570358220.post917736785865930388..comments2021-07-01T02:38:35.435+02:00Comments on A place to scream.: Happy birthday to all Shakespeare lovers.Richiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13728288104897625768noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029730304570358220.post-39133238198491018962009-05-05T13:25:00.000+02:002009-05-05T13:25:00.000+02:00The sonnets do have a homosexual love expressed in...The sonnets do have a homosexual love expressed in them. Shakespeare may well have had homosexual feelings for Southampton or he may have had the commercial acumen to write homosexual verse for a homosexual patron- Shakespeare was making a living! <br />I think on balance he probably explored the homosexual side of his nature in more than verse. They are very erotic poems, on the other hand Shakespeare was a great writer with great humanity and could have just explored his nature artistically. <br />Shakespeare was interested in the classical period and would have been aware of the institutional homosexuality of ancient Greece. It is likely that many renaissance artists would have seen it as enriching to develop such relationships.Richiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13728288104897625768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029730304570358220.post-77836054943766353272009-05-01T18:34:00.000+02:002009-05-01T18:34:00.000+02:00Hi Richie :)
I understand that Shakespeare wrote ...Hi Richie :)<br /><br />I understand that Shakespeare wrote 133 sonnets praising the girlish looking Earl of Southampton for whom he had a lot of affection.<br /><br />Do you know any thing about this?<br /><br />Have a nice day:)<br />JosephJoseph Pulikotilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07074346261093541776noreply@blogger.com