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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... or roguery . Volumes dealing in like manner with other periods will follow , and the series will include a history of English literature for general readers . October 1911 J. DOVER WILSON W. T. YOUNG To my father - in - law E. C. BALDWIN ་
... or roguery . Volumes dealing in like manner with other periods will follow , and the series will include a history of English literature for general readers . October 1911 J. DOVER WILSON W. T. YOUNG To my father - in - law E. C. BALDWIN ་
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... young gentleman of the university , a mere scholar § 4. TRAVEL The use and abuse of travel , the Italianate English- man Part II . Shakespeare in London 1586-1608 Goes to London ( ? on foot ) c . 1586 : recognised as a rising dramatist ...
... young gentleman of the university , a mere scholar § 4. TRAVEL The use and abuse of travel , the Italianate English- man Part II . Shakespeare in London 1586-1608 Goes to London ( ? on foot ) c . 1586 : recognised as a rising dramatist ...
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... young in the open fields , even in the time of winter . And England hath such abundance of apples , pears , cherries and plums , such variety of them and so good in all respects , as no country yields more or better , for which the ...
... young in the open fields , even in the time of winter . And England hath such abundance of apples , pears , cherries and plums , such variety of them and so good in all respects , as no country yields more or better , for which the ...
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... young ) in regard he leaves him not liable to a covetous guardian . Lastly , to end him ; he cares not when his end comes , he needs not fear his audit , for his quietus is in heaven . SIR THOMAS OVERBURY , Characters 1614-16 A Farmer ...
... young ) in regard he leaves him not liable to a covetous guardian . Lastly , to end him ; he cares not when his end comes , he needs not fear his audit , for his quietus is in heaven . SIR THOMAS OVERBURY , Characters 1614-16 A Farmer ...
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... young cock of a stout and large breed , with very large jollops hanging down on either side of his beak , and a friend of his giving him after- wards a cock and a hen of the game , as they call them ( the cockscomb and jollops being ...
... young cock of a stout and large breed , with very large jollops hanging down on either side of his beak , and a friend of his giving him after- wards a cock and a hen of the game , as they call them ( the cockscomb and jollops being ...
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10 | |
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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 |
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 |