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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... Thou'rt kind . And I another . I myself have all the other ; * * * Though his bark cannot be lost , Yet it shall be tempest - tost . Macbeth , 1. iii . 8—25 [ It is well - known that Macbeth was written for the eye of King James . The ...
... Thou'rt kind . And I another . I myself have all the other ; * * * Though his bark cannot be lost , Yet it shall be tempest - tost . Macbeth , 1. iii . 8—25 [ It is well - known that Macbeth was written for the eye of King James . The ...
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... thou art changed ! what do I see on thee ? Bottom . What do you see ? you see an ass - head of your own , do you ? Quince . Bless thee , Bottom ! bless thee ! thou art translated . A Midsummer Night's Dream , 1II . i . 120—125 It ...
... thou art changed ! what do I see on thee ? Bottom . What do you see ? you see an ass - head of your own , do you ? Quince . Bless thee , Bottom ! bless thee ! thou art translated . A Midsummer Night's Dream , 1II . i . 120—125 It ...
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... thou must go with me to - night , To see , and taste of my delight . Quickly come , my wanton son ; " Twere time our sports were now begun . Robin , hearing this , rose and went to him . There were with King Oberon a many fairies , all ...
... thou must go with me to - night , To see , and taste of my delight . Quickly come , my wanton son ; " Twere time our sports were now begun . Robin , hearing this , rose and went to him . There were with King Oberon a many fairies , all ...
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... thou hear my piper blow , From thy bed see that thou go ; For nightly you must with us dance , When we in circles round do prance . I love thee , son , and by the hand I carry thee to Fairy Land , Where thou shalt see what no man knows ...
... thou hear my piper blow , From thy bed see that thou go ; For nightly you must with us dance , When we in circles round do prance . I love thee , son , and by the hand I carry thee to Fairy Land , Where thou shalt see what no man knows ...
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... am inferior unto none . Command me , Robin , thou shalt know , That I for thee will ride or go : I can do greater things than these Upon the land , and on the seas . The tricks of the fairy called Grim I'll follow you 44 SUPERSTITION.
... am inferior unto none . Command me , Robin , thou shalt know , That I for thee will ride or go : I can do greater things than these Upon the land , and on the seas . The tricks of the fairy called Grim I'll follow you 44 SUPERSTITION.
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
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 |