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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... common sport of the gentry . They are more polite in eating than the French , consuming less bread , but more meat , which they roast in perfection . They put a great deal of sugar in their drink . Their beds are covered with tapestry ...
... common sport of the gentry . They are more polite in eating than the French , consuming less bread , but more meat , which they roast in perfection . They put a great deal of sugar in their drink . Their beds are covered with tapestry ...
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... common assembly of the realm to make laws , which is called the Parliament . The ancient cities appoint four and each borough two to have voices in it , and to give their consent or dissent in the name of the city or borough for which ...
... common assembly of the realm to make laws , which is called the Parliament . The ancient cities appoint four and each borough two to have voices in it , and to give their consent or dissent in the name of the city or borough for which ...
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... common sort no means to be enriched by their industry and judging it equal that gentlemen should live of their revenues , citizens by traffic , and the common sort by the plough and manual arts , as divers members of one body , do in ...
... common sort no means to be enriched by their industry and judging it equal that gentlemen should live of their revenues , citizens by traffic , and the common sort by the plough and manual arts , as divers members of one body , do in ...
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... common council of the city ; and that is called the mayor's play , where everyone that will , comes in without money , the mayor giving the players a reward as he thinks fit to shew respect unto them . At such a play my father took me ...
... common council of the city ; and that is called the mayor's play , where everyone that will , comes in without money , the mayor giving the players a reward as he thinks fit to shew respect unto them . At such a play my father took me ...
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... common an opinion was it among the papists , that all souls walked on the earth , after they departed from their bodies ? In so much as it was in the time of popery a usual matter to desire sick people in their death beds , to appear to ...
... common an opinion was it among the papists , that all souls walked on the earth , after they departed from their bodies ? In so much as it was in the time of popery a usual matter to desire sick people in their death beds , to appear to ...
Contenido
| 1 | |
| 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
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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 |