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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... hath such abundance of apples , pears , cherries and plums , such variety of them and so good in all respects , as no country yields more or better , for which the Italians would gladly exchange their citrons and oranges . But upon the ...
... hath such abundance of apples , pears , cherries and plums , such variety of them and so good in all respects , as no country yields more or better , for which the Italians would gladly exchange their citrons and oranges . But upon the ...
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... hath more tame swans swimming in the rivers , than I did see in other part . It hath multitudes of hurtful birds , as crows , any ravens and kites , and they labour not to destroy the crows consuming great quantity of corn , because ...
... hath more tame swans swimming in the rivers , than I did see in other part . It hath multitudes of hurtful birds , as crows , any ravens and kites , and they labour not to destroy the crows consuming great quantity of corn , because ...
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... hath performed , he , by the authority which he hath as king of heralds and arms , giveth to him and his heirs these and these arms , which being done I think he may be called a squire , for he beareth ever after those arms . Such men ...
... hath performed , he , by the authority which he hath as king of heralds and arms , giveth to him and his heirs these and these arms , which being done I think he may be called a squire , for he beareth ever after those arms . Such men ...
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... hath eloquence enough to save his twopence . His conversa- tion amongst his tenants is desperate ; but amongst his equals full of doubt . His travel is seldom farther than the next market town , and his inquisition is about the price of ...
... hath eloquence enough to save his twopence . His conversa- tion amongst his tenants is desperate ; but amongst his equals full of doubt . His travel is seldom farther than the next market town , and his inquisition is about the price of ...
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... hath thus much toward entertainment and courtesy , but of the last he makes more use ; for by the recital of " my lord , " he conjures his poor countrymen . But this is not his element , he must home again , being like a dor , that ends ...
... hath thus much toward entertainment and courtesy , but of the last he makes more use ; for by the recital of " my lord , " he conjures his poor countrymen . But this is not his element , he must home again , being like a dor , that ends ...
Contenido
1 | |
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 |