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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... stand amazed at its turbulence and gaiety , we catch glimpses of the temptations that beckoned the future dramatist to enter that " primrose way to the everlasting bonfire " down which his predecessors Marlowe and Greene had wandered to ...
... stand amazed at its turbulence and gaiety , we catch glimpses of the temptations that beckoned the future dramatist to enter that " primrose way to the everlasting bonfire " down which his predecessors Marlowe and Greene had wandered to ...
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... stand in authentic place ? Troilus and Cressida , 1. iii . 103-108 [ Shakespeare's father applies for a coat of arms , Oct. 20 , 1596. It is granted in 1599. ] Of Gentlemen Ordinarily the king doth only make knights and create barons or ...
... stand in authentic place ? Troilus and Cressida , 1. iii . 103-108 [ Shakespeare's father applies for a coat of arms , Oct. 20 , 1596. It is granted in 1599. ] Of Gentlemen Ordinarily the king doth only make knights and create barons or ...
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... stand in her so silently , as if they had stolen upon her without her knowledge . The lining of her apparel ( which is herself ) is far better than outsides of tissue : for though she be not arrayed in the spoil of the silk- worm , she ...
... stand in her so silently , as if they had stolen upon her without her knowledge . The lining of her apparel ( which is herself ) is far better than outsides of tissue : for though she be not arrayed in the spoil of the silk- worm , she ...
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... stand between his legs , as he sat upon one of the benches , where we saw and heard very well . The play was called The Cradle of Security , wherein was personated a king or some great prince , with his courtiers of several kinds ...
... stand between his legs , as he sat upon one of the benches , where we saw and heard very well . The play was called The Cradle of Security , wherein was personated a king or some great prince , with his courtiers of several kinds ...
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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 |