ABSTRACT
Love'sLabour'sLost youngmenfromtheworldofaffairsandwomenwasnotnew.l DeIaPrimaudayedescribesthenatureandconductofhis Academy,andinsiststhatstudymustbefollowedinmoderation,thatthecourtiermustlearntohandlearms.Heshowsthe worldintrudingharshlyintothequietofthehermitagewhen CivilWarbreaksoutandtheyoungmenmustgoofftofight, returningonlywhenpeacehascome.Shakespeare's'academe' isanextremeinstanceofthissortofthing,maybebecausehe wishedtomockattheEarlofNorthumberlandandRaleigh, maybealsobecauseEssexhimselfwouldplaythehermiton occasion,whenindisgracewithfortuneandtheQueen,and Shakespearewantedtolaughhimoutofsuchmoods.
