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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... 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 " A second and third blast of retrait from plaies and Theatres , " 1580 ENER.
... 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 " A second and third blast of retrait from plaies and Theatres , " 1580 ENER.
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... pass to the conditions which surrounded Shakespeare as author , actor and playwright , concluding this stage of our itinerary with a visit to the court , which was the constant supporter of the theatre against a puritanical civic ...
... pass to the conditions which surrounded Shakespeare as author , actor and playwright , concluding this stage of our itinerary with a visit to the court , which was the constant supporter of the theatre against a puritanical civic ...
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... pass without a carol ; the beasts , fowl , and fish , come to a general execution ; and the corn is ground to dust for the bakehouse , and the pastry . Cards and dice purge many a purse , and the youth shew their agility in shoeing of ...
... pass without a carol ; the beasts , fowl , and fish , come to a general execution ; and the corn is ground to dust for the bakehouse , and the pastry . Cards and dice purge many a purse , and the youth shew their agility in shoeing of ...
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... pass . Julius Caesar , 1. ii . 23-24 Edgar . How now , brother Edmund ! What serious contemplation are you in ? Edmund . I am thinking , brother , of a prediction I read this other day , what should follow these eclipses . Edgar . Do ...
... pass . Julius Caesar , 1. ii . 23-24 Edgar . How now , brother Edmund ! What serious contemplation are you in ? Edmund . I am thinking , brother , of a prediction I read this other day , what should follow these eclipses . Edgar . Do ...
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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 |
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
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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 |