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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... Lord of Misrule SUPERSTITION • • ( Midsummer Night's Dream , Julius Caesar , Macbeth , Hamlet , King Lear , The Tempest ) § I. THE NATURE OF SUPERSTITION • § 2 . GHOSTS AND SPIRITS Exorcism PAGE vii 10 10 16 22 29 • 29 31 § 3 ...
... Lord of Misrule SUPERSTITION • • ( Midsummer Night's Dream , Julius Caesar , Macbeth , Hamlet , King Lear , The Tempest ) § I. THE NATURE OF SUPERSTITION • § 2 . GHOSTS AND SPIRITS Exorcism PAGE vii 10 10 16 22 29 • 29 31 § 3 ...
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... lords have so many and large parks only reserved for the pleasure of hunting , or where all sorts of men allot so much ground about their houses for pleasure of gardens and orchards . The very grapes , especi- ally towards the south and ...
... lords have so many and large parks only reserved for the pleasure of hunting , or where all sorts of men allot so much ground about their houses for pleasure of gardens and orchards . The very grapes , especi- ally towards the south and ...
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... lords containing barons and all that be above the degree of a baron , ( as I have declared before ) : and those which be no lords , as knights , esquires , and simply gentlemen . The third and last sort of persons is named the yeomanry ...
... lords containing barons and all that be above the degree of a baron , ( as I have declared before ) : and those which be no lords , as knights , esquires , and simply gentlemen . The third and last sort of persons is named the yeomanry ...
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... lords and councillors ; he hath thus much toward entertainment and courtesy , but of the last he makes more use ; for by the recital of " my lord , " he conjures his poor countrymen . But this is not his element , he must home again ...
... lords and councillors ; he hath thus much toward entertainment and courtesy , but of the last he makes more use ; for by the recital of " my lord , " he conjures his poor countrymen . But this is not his element , he must home again ...
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... lord paramount within himself , though he hold by never so mean a tenure ; and dies the more contentedly ( though he leave his heir young ) in regard he leaves him not liable to a covetous guardian . Lastly , to end him ; he cares not ...
... lord paramount within himself , though he hold by never so mean a tenure ; and dies the more contentedly ( though he leave his heir young ) in regard he leaves him not liable to a covetous guardian . Lastly , to end him ; he cares not ...
Contenido
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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 |