What's in a son's name? -- The son of his father; and his mother -- Wat as second self -- An imagined gallows for a boy -- Disinheritance and corruption of blood -- A paterfamilias undone -- Instructing and neglecting a son -- Escape to Oxford -- Continental drifting with Ben Jonson -- A son in arms -- From Thomasine to Guiana -- Destiny -- Conclusion: last words and silences.
Summary:
"Sir Walter Raleigh's biographers have given little attention to his relationship with his son Walter. The arc of their relationship began in mutual identification, each seeing himself in the image of the other. But after Raleigh's political downfall and imprisonment, the father lost his place of authority in the family, and the son began to flaunt advice"-- Provided by publisher.
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