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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... taken from books or documents written between 1564 and 1616 , the dates of Shakespeare's birth and death , out of the sixty - nine used only four being earlier and some half dozen later than this period . Finally , since the collection ...
... taken from books or documents written between 1564 and 1616 , the dates of Shakespeare's birth and death , out of the sixty - nine used only four being earlier and some half dozen later than this period . Finally , since the collection ...
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... taken from his edition of Nashe , to Dr W. W. Greg for the contract on p . 161 from his Henslowe Papers and the letters on pp . 92 and 179 from the Collections of the Malone Society , to Professor Gollancz and Messrs Chatto and Windus ...
... taken from his edition of Nashe , to Dr W. W. Greg for the contract on p . 161 from his Henslowe Papers and the letters on pp . 92 and 179 from the Collections of the Malone Society , to Professor Gollancz and Messrs Chatto and Windus ...
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... taken for a gentleman : for true it is with us as is said , Tanti eris aliis quanti tibi feceris . And ( if need be ) a king of heralds shall also give him for money arms , newly made and invented , the title whereof shall pretend to ...
... taken for a gentleman : for true it is with us as is said , Tanti eris aliis quanti tibi feceris . And ( if need be ) a king of heralds shall also give him for money arms , newly made and invented , the title whereof shall pretend to ...
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... taken now to the proportion of monies ) £ 6 of our current money at this present . This sort of people confess themselves to be no gentle- men , but give the honour to all which be or take upon them to be gentlemen , and yet they have a ...
... taken now to the proportion of monies ) £ 6 of our current money at this present . This sort of people confess themselves to be no gentle- men , but give the honour to all which be or take upon them to be gentlemen , and yet they have a ...
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... taken from him , was fain to cry creak , and to run away as fast from the young cock , as the young cock did from him before ; and ever after the young cock was master of the field . R. WILLIS , Mount Tabor 1639 A Local Play [ The ...
... taken from him , was fain to cry creak , and to run away as fast from the young cock , as the young cock did from him before ; and ever after the young cock was master of the field . R. WILLIS , Mount Tabor 1639 A Local Play [ The ...
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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 |