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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... . Volumes dealing in like manner with other periods will follow , and the series will include a history of English literature for general readers . October 1911 J. DOVER WILSON W. T. YOUNG To my father - in - law E. C. BALDWIN ་
... . Volumes dealing in like manner with other periods will follow , and the series will include a history of English literature for general readers . October 1911 J. DOVER WILSON W. T. YOUNG To my father - in - law E. C. BALDWIN ་
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... follow the dramatist , now crowned with fame and prosperity , to the retirement at Stratford which terminated with his death . William Harrison and others give our fancy the entry to his house , his garden and his orchard , and even ...
... follow the dramatist , now crowned with fame and prosperity , to the retirement at Stratford which terminated with his death . William Harrison and others give our fancy the entry to his house , his garden and his orchard , and even ...
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... am inferior unto none . Command me , Robin , thou shalt know , That I for thee will ride or go : I can do greater things than these Upon the land , and on the seas . The tricks of the fairy called Grim I'll follow you 44 SUPERSTITION.
... am inferior unto none . Command me , Robin , thou shalt know , That I for thee will ride or go : I can do greater things than these Upon the land , and on the seas . The tricks of the fairy called Grim I'll follow you 44 SUPERSTITION.
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... follow you , I'll lead you about a round , Through bog , through bush , through brake , through brier : Sometime a horse I'll be , sometime a hound , A hog , a headless bear , sometime a fire ; And neigh , and bark , and grunt , and ...
... follow you , I'll lead you about a round , Through bog , through bush , through brake , through brier : Sometime a horse I'll be , sometime a hound , A hog , a headless bear , sometime a fire ; And neigh , and bark , and grunt , and ...
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... follow these eclipses . Edgar . Do you busy yourself with that ? Edmund . I promise you the effects he writes of succeed unhappily ; as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent ; death , dearth , dissolutions of ancient amities ...
... follow these eclipses . Edgar . Do you busy yourself with that ? Edmund . I promise you the effects he writes of succeed unhappily ; as of unnaturalness between the child and the parent ; death , dearth , dissolutions of ancient amities ...
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10 | |
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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 |
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 |