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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... turning corn - fields into enclosed pastures , especially since great men are the first to break these laws . England abounds with all kinds of fowl , as well of the sea as of the land , and hath more tame swans swimming in the rivers ...
... turning corn - fields into enclosed pastures , especially since great men are the first to break these laws . England abounds with all kinds of fowl , as well of the sea as of the land , and hath more tame swans swimming in the rivers ...
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... turns into his element , by being too venturous hot , and cold : then he is fit for nothing but a chequered grave : howsoever some may think him con- venient to make an everlasting bridge ; because his best founda- tion hath been ...
... turns into his element , by being too venturous hot , and cold : then he is fit for nothing but a chequered grave : howsoever some may think him con- venient to make an everlasting bridge ; because his best founda- tion hath been ...
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... turn many rare esteemed physicians into shame and blushing : for whereas they , with infinite compounds and fair promises , do carry men to death the furthest way about ; he with a few simples preserves himself and family to the most ...
... turn many rare esteemed physicians into shame and blushing : for whereas they , with infinite compounds and fair promises , do carry men to death the furthest way about ; he with a few simples preserves himself and family to the most ...
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... turning again , and they falling to a new fight , very sharp and eager on both sides , at last the old cock finding his old hold of the young cock's jollops taken from him , was fain to cry creak , and to run away as fast from the young ...
... turning again , and they falling to a new fight , very sharp and eager on both sides , at last the old cock finding his old hold of the young cock's jollops taken from him , was fain to cry creak , and to run away as fast from the young ...
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... turn him out of his own course . If he have done his task , he is safe : it matters not , with what affection . Finally , if God would let him be the carver of his own obedience , he could not have a better subject : as he is , he ...
... turn him out of his own course . If he have done his task , he is safe : it matters not , with what affection . Finally , if God would let him be the carver of his own obedience , he could not have a better subject : as he is , he ...
Contenido
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10 | |
22 | |
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 |