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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... sometimes little more than hints to remind the reader of scenes and speeches which he should look up for himself . It will be frequently observed how closely Shakespeare's thought and phrase resemble those of his contem- poraries . Such ...
... sometimes little more than hints to remind the reader of scenes and speeches which he should look up for himself . It will be frequently observed how closely Shakespeare's thought and phrase resemble those of his contem- poraries . Such ...
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... sometimes in scorn gentlemen of the first head ...... .. Of Citizens and Burgesses Next to gentlemen , be appointed citizens and burgesses , such as not only be free and received as officers within the cities , but also be of some ...
... sometimes in scorn gentlemen of the first head ...... .. Of Citizens and Burgesses Next to gentlemen , be appointed citizens and burgesses , such as not only be free and received as officers within the cities , but also be of some ...
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... sometimes their backs , sometimes their legs , sometime their arms , sometime one part thrust out of joint , sometime another , sometime their noses gush out with blood , sometime their eyes start out , and sometimes hurt in one place , ...
... sometimes their backs , sometimes their legs , sometime their arms , sometime one part thrust out of joint , sometime another , sometime their noses gush out with blood , sometime their eyes start out , and sometimes hurt in one place , ...
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A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. not else : and sometimes fighting , brawling , contention , quarrel picking , murder , homicide and great effusion of blood , as experience daily teacheth . PHILIP STUBBES , The Anatomie of ...
A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. not else : and sometimes fighting , brawling , contention , quarrel picking , murder , homicide and great effusion of blood , as experience daily teacheth . PHILIP STUBBES , The Anatomie of ...
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... sometimes laid across over their shoulders and necks , borrowed for the most part of their pretty Mopsies and loving Bessies , for bussing them in the dark . Thus all things set in order , then have they their hobby - horses , dragons ...
... sometimes laid across over their shoulders and necks , borrowed for the most part of their pretty Mopsies and loving Bessies , for bussing them in the dark . Thus all things set in order , then have they their hobby - horses , dragons ...
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 |