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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... hand knowledge of the literary atmosphere and social conditions in which these masterpieces were created . At present , this need is satisfied only by reference to histories of literature , which have too many preoccupations to deal ...
... hand knowledge of the literary atmosphere and social conditions in which these masterpieces were created . At present , this need is satisfied only by reference to histories of literature , which have too many preoccupations to deal ...
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... hand of war , This happy breed of men , this little world , This precious stone set in the silver sea , Which serves it in the office of a wall , Or as a moat defensive to a house , Against the envy of less happier lands , This blessed ...
... hand of war , This happy breed of men , this little world , This precious stone set in the silver sea , Which serves it in the office of a wall , Or as a moat defensive to a house , Against the envy of less happier lands , This blessed ...
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... hands of many servants , can by no law be re- strained from turning corn - fields into enclosed pastures , especially since great men are the first to break these laws . England abounds with all kinds of fowl , as well of the sea as of ...
... hands of many servants , can by no law be re- strained from turning corn - fields into enclosed pastures , especially since great men are the first to break these laws . England abounds with all kinds of fowl , as well of the sea as of ...
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... hands . On the contrary , the English and French , perhaps thinking it unjust to leave the common sort no means to be enriched by their industry and judging it equal that gentlemen should live of their revenues , citizens by traffic ...
... hands . On the contrary , the English and French , perhaps thinking it unjust to leave the common sort no means to be enriched by their industry and judging it equal that gentlemen should live of their revenues , citizens by traffic ...
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... hand when he departs . Nothing under a subpoena can draw him to London : and , when he is there , he sticks fast upon every object , casts his eyes away upon gazing , and becomes the prey of every cutpurse . When he comes home , those ...
... hand when he departs . Nothing under a subpoena can draw him to London : and , when he is there , he sticks fast upon every object , casts his eyes away upon gazing , and becomes the prey of every cutpurse . When he comes home , those ...
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| 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 |