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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... look up for himself . It will be frequently observed how closely Shakespeare's thought and phrase resemble those of his contem- poraries . Such being the general aim of this volume , there has been no attempt to make it an anthology of ...
... look up for himself . It will be frequently observed how closely Shakespeare's thought and phrase resemble those of his contem- poraries . Such being the general aim of this volume , there has been no attempt to make it an anthology of ...
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... look have often altered their meaning since Shakespeare's day . The text of all extracts is based upon the originals , except in the cases for which acknowledgement is here made and in a very few others where the British Museum contains ...
... look have often altered their meaning since Shakespeare's day . The text of all extracts is based upon the originals , except in the cases for which acknowledgement is here made and in a very few others where the British Museum contains ...
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... look of hers is able to put all face - physic out of countenance . She knows a fair look is but a dumb orator to commend virtue , therefore minds it not . All her excellencies stand in her so silently , as if they had stolen upon her ...
... look of hers is able to put all face - physic out of countenance . She knows a fair look is but a dumb orator to commend virtue , therefore minds it not . All her excellencies stand in her so silently , as if they had stolen upon her ...
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... looks on and bets not . It is the school of wrangling , and worse than the schools , for men will cavil here for an hair's breadth , and make a stir where a straw would end the controversy . No antic screws men's bodies into such ...
... looks on and bets not . It is the school of wrangling , and worse than the schools , for men will cavil here for an hair's breadth , and make a stir where a straw would end the controversy . No antic screws men's bodies into such ...
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... look about them like men , and piping and dancing puts away much melancholy . Stolen venison is sweet , and a fat coney is worth money . Pit - falls are now set for small birds , and a woodcock hangs himself in a gin . A good fire heats ...
... look about them like men , and piping and dancing puts away much melancholy . Stolen venison is sweet , and a fat coney is worth money . Pit - falls are now set for small birds , and a woodcock hangs himself in a gin . A good fire heats ...
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man London Bridge Cheapside a shopkeeper | 92 |
2 PLAYHOUSES AND BEARGARDENS | 160 |
THE AUDIENCE | 166 |
4 THE ACTOR AND HIS CRAFT | 172 |
THE COURT | 190 |
3 | 198 |
brawling constables and watchmen London | 229 |
THE | 251 |
CONCLUSION AN ELIZABETHAN | 274 |
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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
Agnes Sampson amongst apparel Arimaspi attire beasts better body called carbonadoed chamber Civis clothes comedy command common court dance devil dice dinner dish divers doth drink Duke of Würtemberg England English eyes fashion fear fellow FYNES MORYSON gentlemen GERVASE MARKHAM give hand hast hath heads honour horse King labour land learning live London look Lord Majesty manner master means meat Merchant of Venice merchants merry Midsummer Night's Dream mistress morning never NICHOLAS BRETON night PHILIP STUBBES play play-house players poor pound Queen quoth REGINALD SCOT rogues saith scholars servants shew shillings ships sort speak stage STEPHEN GOSSON strange sundry tavern theatre thee thereof things THOMAS DEKKER THOMAS NASHE thou thought tragedy trenchers unto wherein wine withal word 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 |