Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan ProseCosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 328 páginas British Shakespearean scholar JOHN DOVER WILSON (1881-1969) is best remembered for his explications of the Bard, particularly his acclaimed 1935 work What Happens in Hamlet. Here, however, he takes a rather more oblique approach to enlightening us to the world of Shakespeare, gathering together in this 1913 volume writings by contemporaries of the playwright's-some famous, some not-that illuminate the artistic society and ordinary life of Elizabethan England. Discover what the firsthand observers of the day thought about: [ English snobbery [ country sports [ festivals and revelry [ superstition, ghosts, and astrology [ parenting and children [ impressions of London [ the plague [ playhouses and bear-gardens [ the actor and his craft [ house and home [ rogues and vagabonds [ and much, much more |
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A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. ENER THE HE CAMBRIDGE ANTHOLOGIES are intended for the general reader. THE QUEEN AS PATRON OF LETTERS George Gascoigne , poet and dramatist , presenting his Hemetes the Heremyte ( c . 1579 ) to ...
A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. ENER THE HE CAMBRIDGE ANTHOLOGIES are intended for the general reader. THE QUEEN AS PATRON OF LETTERS George Gascoigne , poet and dramatist , presenting his Hemetes the Heremyte ( c . 1579 ) to ...
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... Elizabethan prose . It contains no Hooker and very little Bacon , but , in so far as it draws considerably upon a number of excellent writers of the second rank such as Nashe , Harrison , Stubbes , Earle and Markham , the main ...
... Elizabethan prose . It contains no Hooker and very little Bacon , but , in so far as it draws considerably upon a number of excellent writers of the second rank such as Nashe , Harrison , Stubbes , Earle and Markham , the main ...
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A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. work of Greene is to be set down to the fact that interesting passages are not ... Elizabethan editors save themselves a vast deal of trouble and risk by adhering to the original spelling , and ...
A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. work of Greene is to be set down to the fact that interesting passages are not ... Elizabethan editors save themselves a vast deal of trouble and risk by adhering to the original spelling , and ...
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A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. happily imitate the taste and goodness of the same fruits in Italy . And by the same reason all beasts bring forth their young in the open fields , even in the time of winter . And England hath ...
A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. happily imitate the taste and goodness of the same fruits in Italy . And by the same reason all beasts bring forth their young in the open fields , even in the time of winter . And England hath ...
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A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. CHAPTER II THE COUNTRYSIDE And this our life exempt from public haunt , Finds tongues in trees , books in the running brooks , Sermons in stones , and good in every thing . I would not change it ...
A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. CHAPTER II THE COUNTRYSIDE And this our life exempt from public haunt , Finds tongues in trees , books in the running brooks , Sermons in stones , and good in every thing . I would not change it ...
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10 | |
22 | |
29 | |
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LONDON | 75 |
BOOKS AND AUTHORS | 140 |
THE THEATRE | 154 |
THE AUDIENCE | 166 |
THE ACTOR AND HIS CRAFT | 172 |
CHAPTER IX | 208 |
10 | 235 |
THE | 251 |
16 | 254 |
of the Revenge discovery colonization travellers tales | 274 |
233 | 291 |
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Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan Prose John Dover Wilson Vista previa limitada - 1913 |
Life in Shakespeare's England; a Book of Elizabethan Prose John Dover Wilson Sin vista previa disponible - 2019 |
Términos y frases comunes
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American Tough: The Tough-Guy Tradition and American Character Rupert Wilkinson Vista de fragmentos - 1984 |
Shakespearean Language: A Guide for Actors and Students Leslie O'Dell Sin vista previa disponible - 2002 |