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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... shew ; followed wherever they go by whole troops of 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 ...
... shew ; followed wherever they go by whole troops of 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 ...
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... shew us here The mettle of your pasture Henry V. , III . i . 25—27 His outside is an ancient yeoman of England , though his inside may give arms ( with the best gentlemen ) and ne'er see the herald . There is no truer servant in the ...
... shew us here The mettle of your pasture Henry V. , III . i . 25—27 His outside is an ancient yeoman of England , though his inside may give arms ( with the best gentlemen ) and ne'er see the herald . There is no truer servant in the ...
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... shew respect to their lord and master , he appoints them to play their first play before himself and the aldermen and common council of the city ; and that is called the mayor's play , where everyone that will , comes in without money ...
... shew respect to their lord and master , he appoints them to play their first play before himself and the aldermen and common council of the city ; and that is called the mayor's play , where everyone that will , comes in without money ...
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... shew their agility in shoeing of the wild mare . Now " Good cheer " and " Welcome , " and " God be with you , " and " I thank you , " and " Against the new year , " provide for the presents . The Lord of Misrule is no mean man for his ...
... shew their agility in shoeing of the wild mare . Now " Good cheer " and " Welcome , " and " God be with you , " and " I thank you , " and " Against the new year , " provide for the presents . The Lord of Misrule is no mean man for his ...
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... shew Robin Good - fellow many secrets , which he never did open to the world . How the fairies called Robin Good - fellow to dance with them , and how they shewed to him their several conditions Come unto these yellow sands , And then ...
... shew Robin Good - fellow many secrets , which he never did open to the world . How the fairies called Robin Good - fellow to dance with them , and how they shewed to him their several conditions Come unto these yellow sands , And then ...
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
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 |