The two Walter Raleighs : famous father, rebellious son and a shared tragedy /

The two Walter Raleighs : famous father, rebellious son and a shared tragedy /

Sir Walter Raleigh's biographers have given little attention to his relationship with his son Walter. The arc of their relationship began in mutual identification, each seeing himself in the image of the other. But after Raleigh's political downfall and imprisonment, the father lost his pl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tromly, Fred B., 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
Subjects:
Raleigh, Walter, > Sir, > 1552?-1618.
Raleigh, Walter, > Sir, > 1552?-1618 > Family.
Raleigh, Walter, > 1593-1618.
Explorers > Great Britain > Biography.
Fathers and sons > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain > Court and courtiers > History > 16th century.
Table of Contents:
  • What's in a son's name?
  • The son of his father; and his mother
  • Wat as second self
  • An imagined gallows for a boy
  • Disinheritance and corruption of blood
  • A paterfamilias undone
  • Instructing and neglecting a son
  • Escape to Oxford
  • Continental drifting with Ben Jonson
  • A son in arms
  • From Thomasine to Guiana
  • Destiny
  • Conclusion: last words and silences.