Born with Teeth: Christopher Brooke's The Ghost of Richard the Third (1614)

• Published in: The Seventeenth century Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 115 - 129
• Main Author: DOELMAN, JAMES
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.1999; University of Durham, Centre for Seventeenth-Century Studies; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: British & Irish literature; Brooke, Christopher (c 1570-1628); Donne, John (1572-1631); Dramatists; English literature; Oral cavity; Parliaments; Poetry; Poets; Politics; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Hitherto, Christopher Brooke has been most frequently noted by literary historians for his friendship with John Donne in the 1590s, and his imprisonment for assisting in Donne's elopement with Ann More. The Ghost of Richard the Third (1614), has been obscured by the combination of three factors...