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 , Induction to the Taming of the Shrew , As You Like It , Winter's Tale ) COUNTRY - FOLK • A country gentleman , a franklin , a farmer , a milk- maid , a shepherd § 1 . § 2 . SPORT Hunting , football , bowling , a cock ...
... Night's Dream , Induction to the Taming of the Shrew , As You Like It , Winter's Tale ) COUNTRY - FOLK • A country gentleman , a franklin , a farmer , a milk- maid , a shepherd § 1 . § 2 . SPORT Hunting , football , bowling , a cock ...
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... , Paul's walk , noise and bustle § 3. DISORDERS · A busy week for the authorities , duelling and street brawling , constables and watchmen , London at night • 75 84 • 92 $ 4 . TEMPTATIONS A. Drink its effects , a XIII TABLE Of contentS.
... , Paul's walk , noise and bustle § 3. DISORDERS · A busy week for the authorities , duelling and street brawling , constables and watchmen , London at night • 75 84 • 92 $ 4 . TEMPTATIONS A. Drink its effects , a XIII TABLE Of contentS.
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... Night's Dream , Henry V , Hamlet ) § 1 . THEATRICAL CONDITIONS IN 1580 155 Aesthetic and moral condemnation § 2 . PLAYHOUSES AND BEAR - GARDENS 160 The first London theatres , a German at the theatre , structure of playhouse ...
... Night's Dream , Henry V , Hamlet ) § 1 . THEATRICAL CONDITIONS IN 1580 155 Aesthetic and moral condemnation § 2 . PLAYHOUSES AND BEAR - GARDENS 160 The first London theatres , a German at the theatre , structure of playhouse ...
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... Night , II . v . 160 Is a thing , out of whose corruption the generation of a justice of peace is produced . He speaks statutes and husbandry well enough to make his neighbours think him a wise man ; he is well skilled in arithmetic or ...
... Night , II . v . 160 Is a thing , out of whose corruption the generation of a justice of peace is produced . He speaks statutes and husbandry well enough to make his neighbours think him a wise man ; he is well skilled in arithmetic or ...
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... 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 seems that so sweet a milk - press makes the milk the 13 COUNTRY - FOLK.
... 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 seems that so sweet a milk - press makes the milk the 13 COUNTRY - FOLK.
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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 |