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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... thereof is spent . England abounds with corn , which they may transport , when a quarter ( in some places containing six , in others eight bushels ) is sold for twenty shillings , or under ; and this corn not only serves England , but ...
... thereof is spent . England abounds with corn , which they may transport , when a quarter ( in some places containing six , in others eight bushels ) is sold for twenty shillings , or under ; and this corn not only serves England , but ...
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... thereof , be written esquires . So amongst the husbandmen , labourers , lowest and rascal sort of the people , such as be exempted out of the number of the rascability of the popular be called and written yeoman , as in the degree next ...
... thereof , be written esquires . So amongst the husbandmen , labourers , lowest and rascal sort of the people , such as be exempted out of the number of the rascability of the popular be called and written yeoman , as in the degree next ...
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... thereof , most artificial for the wisdom and cunning thereof , and most manly and warlike for the use and endurance thereof . And this I hold to be the hunting of wild beasts in general : of which , as the chases are many , so will I ...
... thereof , most artificial for the wisdom and cunning thereof , and most manly and warlike for the use and endurance thereof . And this I hold to be the hunting of wild beasts in general : of which , as the chases are many , so will I ...
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... thereof will be much more delightful to the ears of every beholder . GERVASE MARKHAM , Countrey Contentments 1611 Football ( a puritan view ) Am I so round with you as you with me , That like a football you do spurn me thus ? You spurn ...
... thereof will be much more delightful to the ears of every beholder . GERVASE MARKHAM , Countrey Contentments 1611 Football ( a puritan view ) Am I so round with you as you with me , That like a football you do spurn me thus ? You spurn ...
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... their fight ; where the younger cock fought stoutly a good while , till the old cock , taking advantage of his large jollops hanging so low , took hold thereof , for raising himself to wound the young cock at every B 2 19 SPORT.
... their fight ; where the younger cock fought stoutly a good while , till the old cock , taking advantage of his large jollops hanging so low , took hold thereof , for raising himself to wound the young cock at every B 2 19 SPORT.
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1 | |
10 | |
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29 | |
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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 |