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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... honour . Hawking is the common sport of the gentry . They are more polite in eating than the French , consuming less bread , but more meat , which they roast in perfection . They put a great deal of sugar in their drink . Their beds are ...
... honour . Hawking is the common sport of the gentry . They are more polite in eating than the French , consuming less bread , but more meat , which they roast in perfection . They put a great deal of sugar in their drink . Their beds are ...
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... honour to all which be or take upon them to be gentlemen , and yet they have a certain pre - eminence and more estimation than labourers and artificers , and commonly live wealthily , keep good houses , and do their business , and ...
... honour to all which be or take upon them to be gentlemen , and yet they have a certain pre - eminence and more estimation than labourers and artificers , and commonly live wealthily , keep good houses , and do their business , and ...
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... honour ; they are placed at the upper end of the table , where they are the first served ; at the lower end they help the men . All the rest of their time they employ in walking and riding , in playing at cards or otherwise , in ...
... honour ; they are placed at the upper end of the table , where they are the first served ; at the lower end they help the men . All the rest of their time they employ in walking and riding , in playing at cards or otherwise , in ...
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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 |
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 |