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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... servants , can by no law be re- strained from turning corn - fields into enclosed pastures , especially since great men are the first to break these laws . England abounds with all kinds of fowl , as well of the sea as of the land , and ...
... servants , can by no law be re- strained from turning corn - fields into enclosed pastures , especially since great men are the first to break these laws . England abounds with all kinds of fowl , as well of the sea as of the land , and ...
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... servants , who wear their masters ' arms in silver fastened to their left arms , and are not undeservedly ridiculed for wearing tails hanging down their backs . They excel in dancing and music , for they are active and lively , though ...
... servants , who wear their masters ' arms in silver fastened to their left arms , and are not undeservedly ridiculed for wearing tails hanging down their backs . They excel in dancing and music , for they are active and lively , though ...
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... servants not idle as the gentleman doth , but such as get both their own living and part of their master's : by these means do come to such wealth , that they are able and daily do buy the lands of unthrifty gentlemen , and after ...
... servants not idle as the gentleman doth , but such as get both their own living and part of their master's : by these means do come to such wealth , that they are able and daily do buy the lands of unthrifty gentlemen , and after ...
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... servants . They sit before their doors , decked out in fine clothes , in order to see and be seen by the passers - by . In all banquets and feasts they are shown the greatest honour ; they are placed at the upper end of the table ...
... servants . They sit before their doors , decked out in fine clothes , in order to see and be seen by the passers - by . In all banquets and feasts they are shown the greatest honour ; they are placed at the upper end of the table ...
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... servants by taking them by the hand when he departs . Nothing under a subpoena can draw him to London : and , when he is there , he sticks fast upon every object , casts his eyes away upon gazing , and becomes the prey of every cutpurse ...
... servants by taking them by the hand when he departs . Nothing under a subpoena can draw him to London : and , when he is there , he sticks fast upon every object , casts his eyes away upon gazing , and becomes the prey of every cutpurse ...
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10 | |
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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 |
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 |