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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... FASHION Fashion in general , gorgeous attire , a dandy , fashion descends , barbers , fashionable ladies , pride of merchants ' wives , lap - dogs § 6. THE PLAague . The beggar's opportunity , medical treatment , flight from London PAGE ...
... FASHION Fashion in general , gorgeous attire , a dandy , fashion descends , barbers , fashionable ladies , pride of merchants ' wives , lap - dogs § 6. THE PLAague . The beggar's opportunity , medical treatment , flight from London PAGE ...
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... fashion of those of the Netherlands , and others their neighbours . They go to market to buy what they like best to eat . They are well dressed , fond of taking it easy , and commonly leave the care of household matters and drudgery to ...
... fashion of those of the Netherlands , and others their neighbours . They go to market to buy what they like best to eat . They are well dressed , fond of taking it easy , and commonly leave the care of household matters and drudgery to ...
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... where he becomes troublesome with the ill managing of his rapier , and the wearing of his girdle of one fashion and the hanger of another . By this time he hath learned to kiss his hand , and make a leg both together , and 10.
... where he becomes troublesome with the ill managing of his rapier , and the wearing of his girdle of one fashion and the hanger of another . By this time he hath learned to kiss his hand , and make a leg both together , and 10.
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... fashion , if his clothes be made against Whitsuntide , or Christmas day : and then outwardly he con- temns appearance . He cannot therefore choose but hate a Spaniard likewise , and ( he thinks ) that hatred only makes him a loyal ...
... fashion , if his clothes be made against Whitsuntide , or Christmas day : and then outwardly he con- temns appearance . He cannot therefore choose but hate a Spaniard likewise , and ( he thinks ) that hatred only makes him a loyal ...
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... fashion , he is counted the only fellow , and who but he ? So that by this means , some- times their necks are broken , sometimes their backs , sometimes their legs , sometime their arms , sometime one part thrust out of joint ...
... fashion , he is counted the only fellow , and who but he ? So that by this means , some- times their necks are broken , sometimes their backs , sometimes their legs , sometime their arms , sometime one part thrust out of joint ...
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 |
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 |