Ageing, Husbandry and Distillation

A Reading of Shakespeare’s Procreation Sonnets

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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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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Weiqiang Mao
AU  - Rui Li
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/20
TI  - Ageing, Husbandry and Distillation
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 888
EP  - 891
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210519.177
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210519.177
ID  - Mao2021
ER  -