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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... wine of old , which no doubt many parts would yield at this day , but that the inhabitants forbear to plant vines , as well because they are served plentifully and at a good rate with French wines , as for that the hills most fit to ...
... wine of old , which no doubt many parts would yield at this day , but that the inhabitants forbear to plant vines , as well because they are served plentifully and at a good rate with French wines , as for that the hills most fit to ...
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... wine . That done , let him take a little vinegar in the palm of his hand , and put it in the nostrils of his hound , for to make him snuff , to the end his scent may be the perfecter . Then let him to the wood . And if he chance by the ...
... wine . That done , let him take a little vinegar in the palm of his hand , and put it in the nostrils of his hound , for to make him snuff , to the end his scent may be the perfecter . Then let him to the wood . And if he chance by the ...
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... wine . The lusty bloods must look about them like men , and piping and dancing puts away much melancholy . Stolen venison is sweet , and a fat coney is worth money . Pit - falls are now set for small birds , and a woodcock hangs himself ...
... wine . The lusty bloods must look about them like men , and piping and dancing puts away much melancholy . Stolen venison is sweet , and a fat coney is worth money . Pit - falls are now set for small birds , and a woodcock hangs himself ...
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... wine on his lap : and when he sneezeth , thinks them not his friends that uncover not . In the morning , he listens whether the crow crieth even or odd ; and , by that token , presages of the weather . If he hear but a raven croak from ...
... wine on his lap : and when he sneezeth , thinks them not his friends that uncover not . In the morning , he listens whether the crow crieth even or odd ; and , by that token , presages of the weather . If he hear but a raven croak from ...
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... wine , making merry and drinking by the way in the same riddles or sieves , to the kirk of North Berwick in Lothian ; and that after they had landed , took hands on the land , and danced this reel or short dance , singing all with one ...
... wine , making merry and drinking by the way in the same riddles or sieves , to the kirk of North Berwick in Lothian ; and that after they had landed , took hands on the land , and danced this reel or short dance , singing all with one ...
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 |
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 |