Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 75 and 76
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Title
Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 75 and 76
Date Created
1968
Subject
Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Sonnets; Sonnets, English -- History and criticism
Description
The following transcription of Demorest's annotations was selected and transcribed by Casper College student and Archives staff member Grace MacPherson in January of 2024.
SONNET 75
About now is mr. of Cecil’s d. Eliz. to Wm. Wentworth
’75 Grindal succeeds Parker of Canterbury
Peace wanted by Puritans was peace of God. That wanted by Tudors was calm unified kingdom.
SONNET 76
’76—Construction 1st permanent theatre
’36—Reginald Pole’s book defending papal primacy agst. royal supr.
This poem is center of whole series
Check on origin of Verlum—title of Bacon (Truth by Light?)
SONNET 75
About now is mr. of Cecil’s d. Eliz. to Wm. Wentworth
’75 Grindal succeeds Parker of Canterbury
Peace wanted by Puritans was peace of God. That wanted by Tudors was calm unified kingdom.
SONNET 76
’76—Construction 1st permanent theatre
’36—Reginald Pole’s book defending papal primacy agst. royal supr.
This poem is center of whole series
Check on origin of Verlum—title of Bacon (Truth by Light?)
Type
Text
Creator
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William
Language
ENG, LAT
Is Part Of
Margaret Demorest Papers, CCA 10.2011.01 WyCaC US. Casper College Archives and Special Collections.
Identifier
CCA 10.2011.01_Demorest_Sonnets_75_76
Format
PDF
Original Format
Written Annotations
Citation
Demorest, Margaret; Shakespeare, William, “Margaret Demorest Sonnet Annotations: Sonnets 75 and 76,” Goodstein Foundation Library Western History Center Digital Collections, accessed September 5, 2025, https://caspercollege.cvlcollections.org/items/show/9616.