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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... called master , for that is the title which men give to esquires and other gentlemen , and shall be taken for a ... called a squire , for he beareth ever after those arms . Such men are called sometimes in scorn gentlemen of the first ...
... called master , for that is the title which men give to esquires and other gentlemen , and shall be taken for a ... called a squire , for he beareth ever after those arms . Such men are called sometimes in scorn gentlemen of the first ...
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... called the Parliament . The ancient cities appoint four and each borough two to have voices in it , and to give ... called masters , for that ( as I said ) pertaineth to gentlemen only : but to their surnames , men add goodman : as if ...
... called the Parliament . The ancient cities appoint four and each borough two to have voices in it , and to give ... called masters , for that ( as I said ) pertaineth to gentlemen only : but to their surnames , men add goodman : as if ...
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... called and written yeoman , as in the degree next unto gentlemen .... Of the fourth sort of men which do not rule The fourth sort or class amongst us is of those which the old Romans called capite censii proletarii or operae , day ...
... called and written yeoman , as in the degree next unto gentlemen .... Of the fourth sort of men which do not rule The fourth sort or class amongst us is of those which the old Romans called capite censii proletarii or operae , day ...
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... called the Paradise of married women . The girls who are not yet married are kept much more rigorously and strictly than in the Low Countries . The women are beautiful , fair , well - dressed and modest , which is seen there more than ...
... called the Paradise of married women . The girls who are not yet married are kept much more rigorously and strictly than in the Low Countries . The women are beautiful , fair , well - dressed and modest , which is seen there more than ...
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... called a friendly kind of fight , than a play or recreation ; a bloody and murdering practice , than a fellowly sport or pastime . For doth not every one lie in wait for his adversary , seeking to overthrow him and to pick him on his ...
... called a friendly kind of fight , than a play or recreation ; a bloody and murdering practice , than a fellowly sport or pastime . For doth not every one lie in wait for his adversary , seeking to overthrow him and to pick him on his ...
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 |
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 |