Talk:Emilia Lanier
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A.L. Rowse argued that Lanyer was Shakespeare's "Dark Lady," but recent scholarship has shown this to be unlikely. There is no direct evidence that she was "dark," and no evidence at all of any association with Shakespeare. See David Bevington in Marshall Grossman, ed., Aemilia Lanyer, and Susanne Woods, Lanyer: A Renaissance Woman Poet. Nonetheless, this issue continues to arise (presumably because anything that can be linked to Shakespeare, however inadequately, has wide interest). It would be more useful, and ultimnately more interesting, to treat Lanyer and her poetry in their own terms.
[edit] Jewish origin?
Jews in the Court, Raphael Mostel | Fri. Oct 06, 2006:
- Rowse announced his discovery in the London Times. Journalist Chaim Raphael wrote to the editor that Bassano was a common Italian Jewish name. Could Shakespeare’s lover have been Jewish?
- Research suggests the Bassano musician family were not Jewish (although there are Jews who had the surname Bassano). Gustav von Humpelschmumpel 00:11, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
I believe I have discovered a substitution code, which names Aemelia Bessano as the dark lady in Sonnet 151. In line 9, Will Shakespeare writes: "But rising at thy name doth point out thee." In lines 5--8, the names Aemelia and Bessano are double embedded starting with the double use of the word "BEtrAY." For more details, see my 2007 book: Secrets of the Sonnets: Shakespeare's Code Available at amazon.com - Peter Jensen
[edit] Worth checking?
http://www.forward.com/articles/13424/ Snori (talk) 06:24, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
