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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... . Volumes dealing in like manner with other periods will follow , and the series will include a history of English literature for general readers . October 1911 J. DOVER WILSON W. T. YOUNG To my father - in - law E. C. BALDWIN ་
... . Volumes dealing in like manner with other periods will follow , and the series will include a history of English literature for general readers . October 1911 J. DOVER WILSON W. T. YOUNG To my father - in - law E. C. BALDWIN ་
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... English is modern and not Elizabethan . My thanks are due to the following gentlemen for kind permission to use their text or illustrations ; to my friend Mr R. B. McKerrow for the extracts taken from his edition of Nashe , to Dr W. W. ...
... English is modern and not Elizabethan . My thanks are due to the following gentlemen for kind permission to use their text or illustrations ; to my friend Mr R. B. McKerrow for the extracts taken from his edition of Nashe , to Dr W. W. ...
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... ENGLISH ( Richard II . , Henry V. etc. ) England , the English , birth and rank , snobbery , English women Part I. Shakespeare's Youth , Stratford 1564—1586 Born 1564 : son of a farmer and shopkeeper of Stratford- on - Avon : probably ...
... ENGLISH ( Richard II . , Henry V. etc. ) England , the English , birth and rank , snobbery , English women Part I. Shakespeare's Youth , Stratford 1564—1586 Born 1564 : son of a farmer and shopkeeper of Stratford- on - Avon : probably ...
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... English- man Part II . Shakespeare in London 1586-1608 Goes to London ( ? on foot ) c . 1586 : recognised as a rising dramatist 1592 : publishes Venus and Adonis 1593 : acts before the Queen at Greenwich 1594 CHAPTER V. LONDON ( 1 and 2 ...
... English- man Part II . Shakespeare in London 1586-1608 Goes to London ( ? on foot ) c . 1586 : recognised as a rising dramatist 1592 : publishes Venus and Adonis 1593 : acts before the Queen at Greenwich 1594 CHAPTER V. LONDON ( 1 and 2 ...
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... English sobriety . B. Tobacco . a tobacco seller , royal disapprobation . C. Dicing and Gaming : cheaters , a gaming - house , false dice , card - sharping . D. Debt and Usury : 2 usurer , the debtors ' prison § 5. DRESS AND FASHION ...
... English sobriety . B. Tobacco . a tobacco seller , royal disapprobation . C. Dicing and Gaming : cheaters , a gaming - house , false dice , card - sharping . D. Debt and Usury : 2 usurer , the debtors ' prison § 5. DRESS AND FASHION ...
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| 10 | |
| 22 | |
| 29 | |
| 40 | |
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 |
Términos y frases comunes
acquaintance amongst apparel attire beasts better body called carbonadoed chamber comedy command common commonly court dance devil dice dinner dish divers doth drink Duke of Würtemberg England English eyes Falstaff fashion fear fellow FYNES MORYSON gentlemen GERVASE MARKHAM give hand hast hath head Henry IV honest honour horse keep King labour land learning live London look Lord Majesty manner master means meat Merchant of Venice merry Midsummer Night's Dream morning never NICHOLAS BRETON night persons PHILIP STUBBES play players poor Queen quoth Robin rogues saith scholars servants shew shillings ships sometimes sort speak STEPHEN GOSSON strange sundry tavern theatre thee thereof things THOMAS DEKKER THOMAS NASHE thou trenchers unto wherein wine withal words worthy young
Referencias a este libro
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 |