'Like a Comet I Was Wonder'd at': Shakespeare y las supernovas

Una búsqueda en concordancias de las obras de Shakespeare referida a terminología sobre fenómenos astronómicos excepcionales no proporciona pruebas concluyentes de que reaccionase de manera específica a las dos supernovas visibles durante su vida, aunque sí hay diversas alusiones a cometas y meteoritos, normalmente tomados como símbolos de la excepcionalidad en asuntos humanos. Al menos una de estas referencias puede tener un sentido autobiográfico, con Shakespeare presentándose como la 'estrella de los poetas' a la que aludiría más adelante Ben Jonson.

 

 'Like a Comet I Was Wonder'd at': Shakespeare y las supernovas

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2696750

'Like a Comet I Was Wonder'd at': Shakespeare and Supernovas

A concordance search of Shakespeare's works for exceptional astronomical phenomena does not yield any evidence of his reacting specifically to the two supernovas visible during his lifetime, although there are a number of allusions to comets and meteors, usually taken as symbols of the exceptional in human affairs. At least one of these references may have an autobiographical import, with Shakespeare reflecting on himself as the 'star of poets' Ben Jonson would later allude to.



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_____. "Like a Comet I Was Wonder'd At: Shakespeare y las supernovas." In García Landa, Vanity Fea 27 April 2012.* 

 http://vanityfea.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/like-comet-i-was-wonderd-at-shakespeare.html

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_____. "'Like a Comet I Was Wonder'd At': Shakespeare y las supernovas." Academia 18 May 2017.*

         https://www.academia.edu/33070969/

         2017

_____. "'Like a Comet I Was Wonder'd At': Shakespeare y las supernovas." ResearchGate 19 May 2017.*

         https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317012601

         2017

 

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