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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... minds , than to profit them with good ensample . The notablest liar is become the best poet ; he that can make the most notorious lie , and disguise falsehood in such sort that he may pass unperceived , is held the best writer . -from ...
... minds , than to profit them with good ensample . The notablest liar is become the best poet ; he that can make the most notorious lie , and disguise falsehood in such sort that he may pass unperceived , is held the best writer . -from ...
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... minds it not . All her excellencies stand in her so silently , as if they had stolen upon her without her knowledge . The lining of her apparel ( which is herself ) is far better than outsides of tissue : for though she be not arrayed ...
... minds it not . All her excellencies stand in her so silently , as if they had stolen upon her without her knowledge . The lining of her apparel ( which is herself ) is far better than outsides of tissue : for though she be not arrayed ...
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... mind is to do well . She bestows her year's wages at next fair ; and in choosing her garments , counts no bravery in the world like decency . The garden and bee - hive are all her physic and chirurgery , and she lives the longer for it ...
... mind is to do well . She bestows her year's wages at next fair ; and in choosing her garments , counts no bravery in the world like decency . The garden and bee - hive are all her physic and chirurgery , and she lives the longer for it ...
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... minds , as even their spirits are altered thereby ; not thinking upon any thing else , either by day or by night . And this helpeth them forward in their imaginations , that their usual food is none other commonly but beets , roots ...
... minds , as even their spirits are altered thereby ; not thinking upon any thing else , either by day or by night . And this helpeth them forward in their imaginations , that their usual food is none other commonly but beets , roots ...
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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 |