英语词汇mr w h的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Mr. W. H. Shakespeare’s sonnets, published in 1609 by Thomas Thorpe but dating back to the 1590s, were dedicated to “Mr. W. H., the onlie begetter of these insuing sonnets.” Who W. H. is remains a mystery after almost four centuries. There are numerous candidates, four favorites among them: 1) Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southhampton, to whom Shakespeare had dedicated Venus and Adonis (1593) and The Rape of Luc- rece (1594); 2) William Herbert, the third earl of Pembroke, to whom the First Folio was dedicated; 3) Sir William Harvey, the earl of Southhampton’s stepfather; and 4) an anonymous friend of publisher Thorpe who procured the manuscript for the pub- lisher. Also in contention are a mistress who betrayed Shake- speare with a friend; a dark beauty the Bard loved; and a rival poet. Oscar Wilde’s The Portrait of Mr. W. H. is an amusing at- tempt to establish W. H.’s identity.

词汇	mr w h
词源	Mr. W. H. Shakespeare’s sonnets, published in 1609 by Thomas Thorpe but dating back to the 1590s, were dedicated to “Mr. W. H., the onlie begetter of these insuing sonnets.” Who W. H. is remains a mystery after almost four centuries. There are numerous candidates, four favorites among them: 1) Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southhampton, to whom Shakespeare had dedicated Venus and Adonis (1593) and The Rape of Luc- rece (1594); 2) William Herbert, the third earl of Pembroke, to whom the First Folio was dedicated; 3) Sir William Harvey, the earl of Southhampton’s stepfather; and 4) an anonymous friend of publisher Thorpe who procured the manuscript for the pub- lisher. Also in contention are a mistress who betrayed Shake- speare with a friend; a dark beauty the Bard loved; and a rival poet. Oscar Wilde’s The Portrait of Mr. W. H. is an amusing at- tempt to establish W. H.’s identity.
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