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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... eye seemed to require them . The glossary at the end ought to explain most of the names , strange words and difficult passages , and the reader will find it more useful if he remembers that words which have a modern look have often ...
... eye seemed to require them . The glossary at the end ought to explain most of the names , strange words and difficult passages , and the reader will find it more useful if he remembers that words which have a modern look have often ...
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... eyes away upon gazing , and becomes the prey of every cutpurse . When he comes home , those wonders serve him for his holiday talk . If he go to court , it is in yellow stockings ; and if it be in winter , in a slight taffety cloak ...
... eyes away upon gazing , and becomes the prey of every cutpurse . When he comes home , those wonders serve him for his holiday talk . If he go to court , it is in yellow stockings ; and if it be in winter , in a slight taffety cloak ...
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... eye doth both fatten his flock , and set forward all manner of husbandry . He is taught by nature to be contented with a little ; his own fold yields him both food and raiment : he is pleased with any nourishment God sends , whilst ...
... eye doth both fatten his flock , and set forward all manner of husbandry . He is taught by nature to be contented with a little ; his own fold yields him both food and raiment : he is pleased with any nourishment God sends , whilst ...
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... eyes start out , and sometimes hurt in one place , sometimes in another . But whosoever scapeth away the best goeth not scot - free , but is either sore wounded , and bruised , so as he dieth of it , or else scapeth very hardly . And no ...
... eyes start out , and sometimes hurt in one place , sometimes in another . But whosoever scapeth away the best goeth not scot - free , but is either sore wounded , and bruised , so as he dieth of it , or else scapeth very hardly . And no ...
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... eyes do troll like tennis balls . There is mirth and joy , when there is health and liberty : and he that hath money will be no mean man in his mansion . The air is wholesome and the sky comfortable , the flowers odoriferous and the ...
... eyes do troll like tennis balls . There is mirth and joy , when there is health and liberty : and he that hath money will be no mean man in his mansion . The air is wholesome and the sky comfortable , the flowers odoriferous and the ...
Contenido
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10 | |
22 | |
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 |
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 |