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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... . 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 ་
... . 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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... manner of people . And in villages they be commonly made churchwardens , aleconners , and many times constables , which office toucheth more the commonwealth and at the first was not employed upon such low and base persons . Wherefore ...
... manner of people . And in villages they be commonly made churchwardens , aleconners , and many times constables , which office toucheth more the commonwealth and at the first was not employed upon such low and base persons . Wherefore ...
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... manner of husbandry . He is taught by nature to be contented with a little ; his own fold yields him both food and raiment : he is pleased with any nourishment God sends , whilst curious gluttony ransacks , as it were , Noah's Ark for ...
... manner of husbandry . He is taught by nature to be contented with a little ; his own fold yields him both food and raiment : he is pleased with any nourishment God sends , whilst curious gluttony ransacks , as it were , Noah's Ark for ...
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... manner of ill , because she means none : yet to say truth , she is never alone , for she is still accompanied with old songs , honest thoughts and prayers , but short ones ; yet they have their efficacy , in that they are not palled ...
... manner of ill , because she means none : yet to say truth , she is never alone , for she is still accompanied with old songs , honest thoughts and prayers , but short ones ; yet they have their efficacy , in that they are not palled ...
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... manner as he can wash his body in an obscure fountain , better than in the wide ocean . When he seems lazy and void of action , I dare approve his harmless negligence , rather than many approved men's diligence . Briefly he is the ...
... manner as he can wash his body in an obscure fountain , better than in the wide ocean . When he seems lazy and void of action , I dare approve his harmless negligence , rather than many approved men's diligence . Briefly he is the ...
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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 Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1913 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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