Shakespeare's Military LanguageBloomsbury Publishing, 01.08.2001 - 400 Seiten More than just a book of definitions, the dictionary provides a comprehensive account of Shakespeare's portrayal of military life, tactics, and technology. His use of military expressions, customs, and ideas is discussed, with insights into how the plays comment upon military incidents and personalities of the Elizabethan era, and how warfare was presented on the Elizabethan stage. |
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... Prince of Wales' (2.4.56), and Laurence Olivier's famous shot and sound-effect of a hail of arrows descending on the French at Agincourt has nothing in the text to justify it—indeed the most famous of all Shakespearean battle scenes is ...
... Prince of Wales' (2.4.56), and Laurence Olivier's famous shot and sound-effect of a hail of arrows descending on the French at Agincourt has nothing in the text to justify it—indeed the most famous of all Shakespearean battle scenes is ...
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... Prince Hal compares majesty to ... a rich armor worn in heat of day That scald'st with safety . . . (4.5.30–1) At Agincourt, in warm and humid weather, many an exhausted manat-arms found it impossible to regain his feet once down ...
... Prince Hal compares majesty to ... a rich armor worn in heat of day That scald'st with safety . . . (4.5.30–1) At Agincourt, in warm and humid weather, many an exhausted manat-arms found it impossible to regain his feet once down ...
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... Prince'), but this would have increased heatretention. “Russeting', a controlled-oxidation process, was also widely utilized, but armour historians differ as to how effective this was (see bill). 'Armour', in the more general sense of ...
... Prince'), but this would have increased heatretention. “Russeting', a controlled-oxidation process, was also widely utilized, but armour historians differ as to how effective this was (see bill). 'Armour', in the more general sense of ...
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... Prince Arthure's Knightes and His Knightlie Armory of the Round Table, so named in the title of Richard Robinson's poem of 1583. Robinson pays tribute to the archery society established by Henry VIII: Amonges praiseworthy Monuments ...
... Prince Arthure's Knightes and His Knightlie Armory of the Round Table, so named in the title of Richard Robinson's poem of 1583. Robinson pays tribute to the archery society established by Henry VIII: Amonges praiseworthy Monuments ...
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... Prince Arthur, Henry VIII's late elder brother. William Wood wrote in 1583, the same year as Robinson's poem, of the Prince of famous memory, King Henry the Eighth, having read in the Chronicles of England, and seen in his own time how ...
... Prince Arthur, Henry VIII's late elder brother. William Wood wrote in 1583, the same year as Robinson's poem, of the Prince of famous memory, King Henry the Eighth, having read in the Chronicles of England, and seen in his own time how ...
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