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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... commonly proceeds of the covetousness of private men , ex- porting or hiding it . Yet I must confess , that daily this plenty of corn decreaseth , by reason that private men , finding greater commodity in feeding of sheep and cattle ...
... commonly proceeds of the covetousness of private men , ex- porting or hiding it . Yet I must confess , that daily this plenty of corn decreaseth , by reason that private men , finding greater commodity in feeding of sheep and cattle ...
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... commonly of two stories , except in London , where they are of three and four , though but seldom of four they are built of wood ; those of the richer sort with bricks ; their roofs are low , and where the owner has money , covered with ...
... commonly of two stories , except in London , where they are of three and four , though but seldom of four they are built of wood ; those of the richer sort with bricks ; their roofs are low , and where the owner has money , covered with ...
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... commonly live wealthily , keep good houses , and do their business , and travail to acquire riches . These be ( for the most part ) farmers unto gentlemen , which with grazing , frequenting of markets , and keeping servants not idle as ...
... commonly live wealthily , keep good houses , and do their business , and travail to acquire riches . These be ( for the most part ) farmers unto gentlemen , which with grazing , frequenting of markets , and keeping servants not idle as ...
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... commonly made churchwardens , aleconners , and many times constables , which office toucheth more the commonwealth and at the first was not employed upon such low and base persons . Wherefore generally to speak of the commonwealth , or ...
... commonly made churchwardens , aleconners , and many times constables , which office toucheth more the commonwealth and at the first was not employed upon such low and base persons . Wherefore generally to speak of the commonwealth , or ...
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... commonly leave the care of household matters and drudgery to their servants . They sit before their doors , decked out in fine clothes , in order to see and be seen by the passers - by . In all banquets and feasts they are shown the ...
... commonly leave the care of household matters and drudgery to their servants . They sit before their doors , decked out in fine clothes , in order to see and be seen by the passers - by . In all banquets and feasts they are shown the ...
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
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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 |