Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan ProseCosimo, Inc., 01.01.2008 - 328 Seiten 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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... bring forth their 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 ...
... bring forth their 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 ...
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... bringing up and marriage of his eldest son , is an ambition which afflicts him so soon as the boy is born , and the ... brings all adversaries to composition ; and if at length he can discover himself in large legacies beyond expectation ...
... bringing up and marriage of his eldest son , is an ambition which afflicts him so soon as the boy is born , and the ... brings all adversaries to composition ; and if at length he can discover himself in large legacies beyond expectation ...
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... bring it into good order , with an easy whistle . The worst temptation of his idleness teaches him no further mischief , than to love entirely some nut - brown milk - maid , or hunt the squirrel , or make his cosset wanton . He may turn ...
... bring it into good order , with an easy whistle . The worst temptation of his idleness teaches him no further mischief , than to love entirely some nut - brown milk - maid , or hunt the squirrel , or make his cosset wanton . He may turn ...
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... bringing with them birch boughs and branches of trees , to deck their assemblies withal . And no marvel , for there is ... bring home with great veneration , as thus . They have twenty or forty yoke of oxen , every ox having a sweet nose ...
... bringing with them birch boughs and branches of trees , to deck their assemblies withal . And no marvel , for there is ... bring home with great veneration , as thus . They have twenty or forty yoke of oxen , every ox having a sweet nose ...
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... bring to these hell - hounds ( the Lord of Misrule and his com- plices ) some bread , some good ale , some new cheese , some old cheese , some custards , and cakes , some flawns , some tarts , some cream , some meat , some one thing ...
... bring to these hell - hounds ( the Lord of Misrule and his com- plices ) some bread , some good ale , some new cheese , some old cheese , some custards , and cakes , some flawns , some tarts , some cream , some meat , some one thing ...
Inhalt
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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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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