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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... London , noting on our way the vileness of the roads and the comfort of the inns , we see the chief sights of the capital , we stand amazed at its turbulence and gaiety , we catch glimpses of the temptations that beckoned the future ...
... London , noting on our way the vileness of the roads and the comfort of the inns , we see the chief sights of the capital , we stand amazed at its turbulence and gaiety , we catch glimpses of the temptations that beckoned the future ...
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... 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 Henry IV . , Much Ado About Nothing ...
... 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 Henry IV . , Much Ado About Nothing ...
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... London PAGE 102 122 135 CHAPTER VI . BOOKS AND AUTHORS Patronage , portrait of a poet , an author's complaint , a pot- poet , a worthy poet , ballads and monsters , roubles of authorship , fashion in books , stationers and booksellers ...
... London PAGE 102 122 135 CHAPTER VI . BOOKS AND AUTHORS Patronage , portrait of a poet , an author's complaint , a pot- poet , a worthy poet , ballads and monsters , roubles of authorship , fashion in books , stationers and booksellers ...
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... London 1608 : writes his last plays The Winter's Tale and The Tempest : dies 1616 CHAPTER IX . HOUSE AND HOME . ( Taming of the Shrew , Romeo and Juliet , 2 Henry IV , Coriolanus I. iii . , IV . v . , The Winter's Tale ) · • • • 208 § 1 ...
... London 1608 : writes his last plays The Winter's Tale and The Tempest : dies 1616 CHAPTER IX . HOUSE AND HOME . ( Taming of the Shrew , Romeo and Juliet , 2 Henry IV , Coriolanus I. iii . , IV . v . , The Winter's Tale ) · • • • 208 § 1 ...
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... London , 1647 • The Southwark Gate of London Bridge , from Visscher's Map of London , 1616 . Frontispiece To face p . 16 " P. 74 99 P. 102 A sixteenth century printer's office , from A book of trades , 1568 • " 9 p . 140 sperian Stage ...
... London , 1647 • The Southwark Gate of London Bridge , from Visscher's Map of London , 1616 . Frontispiece To face p . 16 " P. 74 99 P. 102 A sixteenth century printer's office , from A book of trades , 1568 • " 9 p . 140 sperian Stage ...
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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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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
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 |