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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... speak for itself , and to give coherence and prominence to what seem to be its significant features . Thus , the thought , temper , manners and activities of the period of Shakespeare , which is the theme of the first two volumes , are ...
... speak for itself , and to give coherence and prominence to what seem to be its significant features . Thus , the thought , temper , manners and activities of the period of Shakespeare , which is the theme of the first two volumes , are ...
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... speak of the commonwealth , or policy of England , it is governed , administered , and manured by three sorts of persons , the Prince , Monarch , and head governor , which is called the King , or if the crown fall to a woman , the Queen ...
... speak of the commonwealth , or policy of England , it is governed , administered , and manured by three sorts of persons , the Prince , Monarch , and head governor , which is called the King , or if the crown fall to a woman , the Queen ...
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... speak good English is more than he much regards ; and for him not to contemn all arts and languages , were to condemn his own education . The pride of his housekeeping is a mess of cream , a pig , or a green goose : and if his servants ...
... speak good English is more than he much regards ; and for him not to contemn all arts and languages , were to condemn his own education . The pride of his housekeeping is a mess of cream , a pig , or a green goose : and if his servants ...
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... speak of them particularly in their proper places . But before I proceed any farther I will tell you what hunting is ... ( speaking of hunting only ) are but one kind of creatures , namely hounds . GERVASE MARKHAM , Countrey ...
... speak of them particularly in their proper places . But before I proceed any farther I will tell you what hunting is ... ( speaking of hunting only ) are but one kind of creatures , namely hounds . GERVASE MARKHAM , Countrey ...
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... speak sense to their bowl , and put their trust in entreaties for a good cast . The bettors are the factious noise of the alley , or the gamesters ' beadsmen that pray for them . They are somewhat like those that are cheated by great ...
... speak sense to their bowl , and put their trust in entreaties for a good cast . The bettors are the factious noise of the alley , or the gamesters ' beadsmen that pray for them . They are somewhat like those that are cheated by great ...
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 |
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 |