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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... , actor and playwright , concluding this stage of our itinerary with a visit to the court , which was the constant supporter of the theatre against a puritanical civic government and the true centre , though not always vii.
... , actor and playwright , concluding this stage of our itinerary with a visit to the court , which was the constant supporter of the theatre against a puritanical civic government and the true centre , though not always vii.
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... stage . Nor can I close this list of acknowledgments without confessing my obliga- tion to Mr A. R. Waller and to the readers of the University Press for much care and assistance in the production of the book ; and to my wife without ...
... stage . Nor can I close this list of acknowledgments without confessing my obliga- tion to Mr A. R. Waller and to the readers of the University Press for much care and assistance in the production of the book ; and to my wife without ...
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... Stage , 1909 • An Elizabethan stage , from Victor E. Albright's Shak- Charlecote Hall , from Dr Furnivall's edition of Harrison's Description of England . · P. 154 " 9 P. 208 CHAPTER I ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH This royal throne of.
... Stage , 1909 • An Elizabethan stage , from Victor E. Albright's Shak- Charlecote Hall , from Dr Furnivall's edition of Harrison's Description of England . · P. 154 " 9 P. 208 CHAPTER I ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH This royal throne of.
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... in delights and pleasures , drew him from his graver counsellors , hearing of sermons , and listening to good counsel and admonitions , that in the end they got him to lie down in a cradle upon the stage , where these 20 THE COUNTRYSIDE.
... in delights and pleasures , drew him from his graver counsellors , hearing of sermons , and listening to good counsel and admonitions , that in the end they got him to lie down in a cradle upon the stage , where these 20 THE COUNTRYSIDE.
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... stage , two old men , the one in blue , with a sergeant at arms , his mace on his shoulder , the other in red , with a drawn sword in his hand , and leaning with the other hand upon the other's shoulder ; and so they two went along in a ...
... stage , two old men , the one in blue , with a sergeant at arms , his mace on his shoulder , the other in red , with a drawn sword in his hand , and leaning with the other hand upon the other's shoulder ; and so they two went along in a ...
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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 |