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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... scholar , I have striven to make it as attractive and as easy to read as possible . The text has been modernised throughout , an under- taking which has convinced me that Elizabethan editors save themselves a vast deal of trouble and ...
... scholar , I have striven to make it as attractive and as easy to read as possible . The text has been modernised throughout , an under- taking which has convinced me that Elizabethan editors save themselves a vast deal of trouble and ...
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... scholar § 4. TRAVEL The use and abuse of travel , the Italianate English- man Part II . Shakespeare in London 1586-1608 Goes to London ( ? on foot ) c . 1586 : recognised as a rising dramatist 1592 : publishes Venus and Adonis 1593 ...
... scholar § 4. TRAVEL The use and abuse of travel , the Italianate English- man Part II . Shakespeare in London 1586-1608 Goes to London ( ? on foot ) c . 1586 : recognised as a rising dramatist 1592 : publishes Venus and Adonis 1593 ...
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... her wing for the partridge . The little fawn is stolen from the doe , and the male deer begin to herd . The spirit of youth is inclined to mirth , and the conscionable scholar will not break a holy - day . The minstrel calls 23 FESTIVAL.
... her wing for the partridge . The little fawn is stolen from the doe , and the male deer begin to herd . The spirit of youth is inclined to mirth , and the conscionable scholar will not break a holy - day . The minstrel calls 23 FESTIVAL.
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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
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