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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... mean religion . The omission , it might be said , is really Shakespeare's . Nothing is more remarkable in his work than its silence concerning the religious life and violent theological controversy of his time . And since this ...
... mean religion . The omission , it might be said , is really Shakespeare's . Nothing is more remarkable in his work than its silence concerning the religious life and violent theological controversy of his time . And since this ...
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... means of communication , inns , highwaymen § 2. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF London A foreign view , the buildings , the Thames , a water- man , London Bridge , Cheapside , a shop - keeper , Paul's walk , noise and bustle § 3. DISORDERS · A ...
... means of communication , inns , highwaymen § 2. FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF London A foreign view , the buildings , the Thames , a water- man , London Bridge , Cheapside , a shop - keeper , Paul's walk , noise and bustle § 3. DISORDERS · A ...
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... means do come to such wealth , that they are able and daily do buy the lands of unthrifty gentlemen , and after setting their sons to the school at the universities , to the law of the realm , or otherwise leaving them sufficient lands ...
... means do come to such wealth , that they are able and daily do buy the lands of unthrifty gentlemen , and after setting their sons to the school at the universities , to the law of the realm , or otherwise leaving them sufficient lands ...
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... means to be enriched by their industry and judging it equal that gentlemen should live of their revenues , citizens by traffic , and the common sort by the plough and manual arts , as divers members of one body , do in this course daily ...
... means to be enriched by their industry and judging it equal that gentlemen should live of their revenues , citizens by traffic , and the common sort by the plough and manual arts , as divers members of one body , do in this course daily ...
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... mean a tenure ; and dies the more contentedly ( though he leave his heir young ) in regard he leaves him not liable to a covetous guardian . Lastly , to end him ; he cares not when his end comes , he needs not fear his audit , for his ...
... mean a tenure ; and dies the more contentedly ( though he leave his heir young ) in regard he leaves him not liable to a covetous guardian . Lastly , to end him ; he cares not when his end comes , he needs not fear his audit , for his ...
Contenido
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10 | |
22 | |
29 | |
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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 |