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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... Night's Dream , Julius Caesar , Macbeth , Hamlet , King Lear , The Tempest ) § I. THE NATURE OF SUPERSTITION • § 2 . GHOSTS AND SPIRITS Exorcism PAGE vii 10 10 16 22 29 • 29 31 § 3. WITCHCRAFT • Witches in Scotland , the witches xii.
... Night's Dream , Julius Caesar , Macbeth , Hamlet , King Lear , The Tempest ) § I. THE NATURE OF SUPERSTITION • § 2 . GHOSTS AND SPIRITS Exorcism PAGE vii 10 10 16 22 29 • 29 31 § 3. WITCHCRAFT • Witches in Scotland , the witches xii.
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... Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war , This happy breed of men , this little world , This precious stone set in the silver sea , Which serves it in the office of a wall , Or as a moat defensive to a house , Against ...
... Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war , This happy breed of men , this little world , This precious stone set in the silver sea , Which serves it in the office of a wall , Or as a moat defensive to a house , Against ...
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... nature to be contented with a little ; his own fold yields him both food and raiment : he is pleased with any nourishment God sends , whilst curious gluttony ransacks , as it were , Noah's Ark for food , only to feed the riot of one ...
... nature to be contented with a little ; his own fold yields him both food and raiment : he is pleased with any nourishment God sends , whilst curious gluttony ransacks , as it were , Noah's Ark for food , only to feed the riot of one ...
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... Nature hath taught her too immoderate sleep is rust to the soul . She rises therefore with chanticleer , her dame's cock , and at night makes the lamb her curfew . In milking a cow , and straining the teats through her fingers , it ...
... Nature hath taught her too immoderate sleep is rust to the soul . She rises therefore with chanticleer , her dame's cock , and at night makes the lamb her curfew . In milking a cow , and straining the teats through her fingers , it ...
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... nature is contented with a little . For the sweet fountain is his fairest alehouse : the sunny bank his best chamber . Adam had never less need of neighbours ' friendship ; nor was at any time troubled with neighbours 14 THE COUNTRYSIDE ...
... nature is contented with a little . For the sweet fountain is his fairest alehouse : the sunny bank his best chamber . Adam had never less need of neighbours ' friendship ; nor was at any time troubled with neighbours 14 THE COUNTRYSIDE ...
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 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
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 |