Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)

Ageing, Husbandry and Distillation

A Reading of Shakespeare’s Procreation Sonnets

Authors
Weiqiang Mao, Rui Li
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Weiqiang Mao
Available Online 20 May 2021.
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10.2991/assehr.k.210519.177How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Ageing, husbandry, distillation, procreation sonnets
Abstract

Time is a tyrant whose crime against the fair youth can be halted only through husbandry and distillation, which, Shakespeare believes, can help produce another self that bear the fair youth’s form and memory so that the equilibrium of giving and taking can be maintained to achieve certain sense of immortality. This paper attempts to make a re-assessment of the procreation sonnets to find out how such husbandry and distillation could help Shakespeare conquer his fear of ageing.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
20 May 2021
ISBN
978-94-6239-381-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.210519.177How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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