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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... friend Mr R. B. McKerrow for the extracts taken from his edition of Nashe , to Dr W. W. Greg for the contract on p . 161 from his Henslowe Papers and the letters on pp . 92 and 179 from the Collections of the Malone Society , to ...
... friend Mr R. B. McKerrow for the extracts taken from his edition of Nashe , to Dr W. W. Greg for the contract on p . 161 from his Henslowe Papers and the letters on pp . 92 and 179 from the Collections of the Malone Society , to ...
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... friends and keeping company , conversing with their equals ( whom they term gossips ) and their neighbours , and making merry with them at child - births , christenings , churchings and funerals ; and all this with the permission and ...
... friends and keeping company , conversing with their equals ( whom they term gossips ) and their neighbours , and making merry with them at child - births , christenings , churchings and funerals ; and all this with the permission and ...
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... : the sunny bank his best chamber . Adam had never less need of neighbours ' friendship ; nor was at any time troubled with neighbours 14 THE COUNTRYSIDE A country gentleman, a franklin, a farmer, a milk- maid, a shepherd.
... : the sunny bank his best chamber . Adam had never less need of neighbours ' friendship ; nor was at any time troubled with neighbours 14 THE COUNTRYSIDE A country gentleman, a franklin, a farmer, a milk- maid, a shepherd.
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A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. friendship ; nor was at any time troubled with neighbours ' envy less than he : the next grove or thicket will defend him from a shower and if they be not so favourable , his homely palace is not ...
A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. friendship ; nor was at any time troubled with neighbours ' envy less than he : the next grove or thicket will defend him from a shower and if they be not so favourable , his homely palace is not ...
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... friend of his giving him after- wards a cock and a hen of the game , as they call them ( the cockscomb and jollops being finely cut off , close to the head , for advantage in fighting ) it fell out that the two cocks , meeting in the ...
... friend of his giving him after- wards a cock and a hen of the game , as they call them ( the cockscomb and jollops being finely cut off , close to the head , for advantage in fighting ) it fell out that the two cocks , meeting in the ...
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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
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 |