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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... poor husbandmen , yea merchants and retailers which have no free land , copyholders , and all artificers , as tailors , shoemakers , carpenters , brickmakers , masons , etc. These have no voice nor authority in our commonwealth , and no ...
... poor husbandmen , yea merchants and retailers which have no free land , copyholders , and all artificers , as tailors , shoemakers , carpenters , brickmakers , masons , etc. These have no voice nor authority in our commonwealth , and no ...
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... poor men . She disdained Amos , because he was a keeper of oxen , as also the rest , for they were of the dregs of the people . But their dis- dain prospered not with them . Their house , for their disdain , was left desolate unto them ...
... poor men . She disdained Amos , because he was a keeper of oxen , as also the rest , for they were of the dregs of the people . But their dis- dain prospered not with them . Their house , for their disdain , was left desolate unto them ...
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... poor countrymen . But this is not his element , he must home again , being like a dor , that ends his flight in a dunghill . SIR THOMAS OVERBURY , Characters 1614-16 A Franklin And you , good yeomen , Whose limbs were made in England ...
... poor countrymen . But this is not his element , he must home again , being like a dor , that ends his flight in a dunghill . SIR THOMAS OVERBURY , Characters 1614-16 A Franklin And you , good yeomen , Whose limbs were made in England ...
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... poor dappled fools , Being native burghers of this desert city , Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gor'd . As You Like It , 11. i . 21—25 I think it not amiss to begin and give that recreation ...
... poor dappled fools , Being native burghers of this desert city , Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gor'd . As You Like It , 11. i . 21—25 I think it not amiss to begin and give that recreation ...
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... ofttimes equity * . The poor sitting on penniless bench , shall sell their coats to strive for a straw , and * See Glossary under " Checkmate . " lawyers laugh such fools to scorn as cannot keep their 46 SUPERSTITION ASTROLOGY.
... ofttimes equity * . The poor sitting on penniless bench , shall sell their coats to strive for a straw , and * See Glossary under " Checkmate . " lawyers laugh such fools to scorn as cannot keep their 46 SUPERSTITION ASTROLOGY.
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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 |
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 |