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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... player , magni- ficence of players ' dress , the queen's players on tour , a royal licence § 5. PURITAN OPPOSITION TO THE THEATRE Denunciation from Paul's Cross , a sweeping con- demnation , attitude of the city authorities , a ...
... player , magni- ficence of players ' dress , the queen's players on tour , a royal licence § 5. PURITAN OPPOSITION TO THE THEATRE Denunciation from Paul's Cross , a sweeping con- demnation , attitude of the city authorities , a ...
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... players of interludes come to town , they first attend the mayor , to inform him what nobleman's servants they are , and so to get licence for their public playing ; and if the mayor like the actors , or would shew respect to their lord ...
... players of interludes come to town , they first attend the mayor , to inform him what nobleman's servants they are , and so to get licence for their public playing ; and if the mayor like the actors , or would shew respect to their lord ...
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Inhalt
1 | |
10 | |
22 | |
SUPERSTITION | 29 |
FAIRYLand | 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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