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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... body of his text . In collecting material for this scrap - book , I have in all cases given the preference to those specimens which are at once entertaining and complete in themselves . The majority of the extracts , it should be added ...
... body of his text . In collecting material for this scrap - book , I have in all cases given the preference to those specimens which are at once entertaining and complete in themselves . The majority of the extracts , it should be added ...
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... body , the physician , death CHAPTER X. ROGUES AND VAGABONDS ( King Lear , The Winter's Tale ) Rogues and the law , a courtesy man , an abraham man , rufflers , hookers , two rogues and a parson , a counterfeit crank CHAPTER XI . THE ...
... body , the physician , death CHAPTER X. ROGUES AND VAGABONDS ( King Lear , The Winter's Tale ) Rogues and the law , a courtesy man , an abraham man , rufflers , hookers , two rogues and a parson , a counterfeit crank CHAPTER XI . THE ...
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... body , do in this course daily sell their patri- monies , and the buyers ( excepting lawyers ) are for the most part citizens and vulgar men . And the daily feeling [ ? feeding ] of this mischief makes the error apparent , whether it be ...
... body , do in this course daily sell their patri- monies , and the buyers ( excepting lawyers ) are for the most part citizens and vulgar men . And the daily feeling [ ? feeding ] of this mischief makes the error apparent , whether it be ...
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... body sweetened against court - itch and poxes , as a sear - cloth sweetens carcasses . He gives the just epitome of a contented man : for he is neither daunted with lightning and thunder , nor overjoyed with spring - time and harvest ...
... body sweetened against court - itch and poxes , as a sear - cloth sweetens carcasses . He gives the just epitome of a contented man : for he is neither daunted with lightning and thunder , nor overjoyed with spring - time and harvest ...
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... bodies into such strange flexures , and you would think them here senseless , to speak sense to their bowl , and put their trust in entreaties for a good cast . The bettors are the factious noise of the alley , or the gamesters ...
... bodies into such strange flexures , and you would think them here senseless , to speak sense to their bowl , and put their trust in entreaties for a good cast . The bettors are the factious noise of the alley , or the gamesters ...
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10 | |
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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 |
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 |