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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... wherein the gentlemen and lords have so many and large parks only reserved for the pleasure of hunting , or where all sorts of men allot so much ground about their houses for pleasure of gardens and orchards . The very grapes , especi ...
... wherein the gentlemen and lords have so many and large parks only reserved for the pleasure of hunting , or where all sorts of men allot so much ground about their houses for pleasure of gardens and orchards . The very grapes , especi ...
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... wherein Nature equally dividing her cunning giveth both to the offender and offended strange knowledge both of offence and safety . In this recreation is to be seen the wonderful power of God in his creatures , and how far rage and ...
... wherein Nature equally dividing her cunning giveth both to the offender and offended strange knowledge both of offence and safety . In this recreation is to be seen the wonderful power of God in his creatures , and how far rage and ...
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... wherein was personated a king or some great prince , with his courtiers of several kinds , amongst which three ladies were in special grace with him ; and they keeping him in delights and pleasures , drew him from his graver counsellors ...
... wherein was personated a king or some great prince , with his courtiers of several kinds , amongst which three ladies were in special grace with him ; and they keeping him in delights and pleasures , drew him from his graver counsellors ...
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... wherein if the fair sentences or lessons of grace be written , they may ( by God's blessing ) keep them from many vicious blots of life , wherewithal they may otherwise be tainted ... And withal we may observe , how far unlike the plays ...
... wherein if the fair sentences or lessons of grace be written , they may ( by God's blessing ) keep them from many vicious blots of life , wherewithal they may otherwise be tainted ... And withal we may observe , how far unlike the plays ...
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... wherein they feast , banquet and dance all that day and ( peradventure ) all the night too . And thus these terrestrial furies spend the Sabbath day . And They have also certain papers , wherein is painted some babblery or other of ...
... wherein they feast , banquet and dance all that day and ( peradventure ) all the night too . And thus these terrestrial furies spend the Sabbath day . And They have also certain papers , wherein is painted some babblery or other of ...
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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 |
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 |