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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... BEAR - GARDENS 160 The first London theatres , a German at the theatre , structure of playhouse , playhouses , English and Italian theatres , Paris - garden 3. THE AUDIENCE 166 § 4 . General behaviour , a gallant at the playhouse THE ...
... BEAR - GARDENS 160 The first London theatres , a German at the theatre , structure of playhouse , playhouses , English and Italian theatres , Paris - garden 3. THE AUDIENCE 166 § 4 . General behaviour , a gallant at the playhouse THE ...
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... bear - garden , from Hollar's View of 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 ...
... bear - garden , from Hollar's View of 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 ...
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... bear grapes yield more commodity by feeding of sheep and cattle . Caesar writes in his Commentaries , that Britanny yields white lead within land , and iron upon the sea coasts . No doubt England hath inexhaustible veins of both , and ...
... bear grapes yield more commodity by feeding of sheep and cattle . Caesar writes in his Commentaries , that Britanny yields white lead within land , and iron upon the sea coasts . No doubt England hath inexhaustible veins of both , and ...
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... bear the port , charge and countenance of a gentleman , he shall be called master , for that is the title which men give to esquires and other gentlemen , and shall be taken for a gentleman : for true it is with us as is said , Tanti ...
... bear the port , charge and countenance of a gentleman , he shall be called master , for that is the title which men give to esquires and other gentlemen , and shall be taken for a gentleman : for true it is with us as is said , Tanti ...
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... bear the counter- tenor , then some hollow plain sweet mouths which must bear the mean or middle part : and so with these three parts of music you shall make your cry perfect : and herein you shall observe that these hounds thus mixed ...
... bear the counter- tenor , then some hollow plain sweet mouths which must bear the mean or middle part : and so with these three parts of music you shall make your cry perfect : and herein you shall observe that these hounds thus mixed ...
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10 | |
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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
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 |