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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... chamber . Moreover since this was the period when Shakespeare's dramatic genius played around the land- rogues and water - rogues which add so much that is splendid and picturesque to Elizabethan life , it seemed . proper to insert here ...
... chamber . Moreover since this was the period when Shakespeare's dramatic genius played around the land- rogues and water - rogues which add so much that is splendid and picturesque to Elizabethan life , it seemed . proper to insert here ...
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... the sunny bank his best chamber . Adam had never less need of neighbours ' friendship ; nor was at any time troubled with neighbours 14 THE COUNTRYSIDE A country gentleman, a franklin, a farmer, a milk- maid, a shepherd.
... the sunny bank his best chamber . Adam had never less need of neighbours ' friendship ; nor was at any time troubled with neighbours 14 THE COUNTRYSIDE A country gentleman, a franklin, a farmer, a milk- maid, a shepherd.
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... chamber , and , if he serve a king , then let him go to the Master of the Games ' chamber , to know his pleasure in what quarter he determineth to hunt the day following , that he may know his own quarter . That done , he may go to bed ...
... chamber , and , if he serve a king , then let him go to the Master of the Games ' chamber , to know his pleasure in what quarter he determineth to hunt the day following , that he may know his own quarter . That done , he may go to bed ...
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... chamber , desired him for old ac- quaintance between them , to help her to one , or a piece of such a cloth as is aforesaid ; which thing the said John Kers denied to help her to saying he could not help her unto it . And the said Agnes ...
... chamber , desired him for old ac- quaintance between them , to help her to one , or a piece of such a cloth as is aforesaid ; which thing the said John Kers denied to help her to saying he could not help her unto it . And the said Agnes ...
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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
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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 |