Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan ProseBritish 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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... , noise and bustle § 3. DISORDERS · A busy week for the authorities , duelling and street brawling , constables and watchmen , London at night • 75 84 • 92 $ 4 . TEMPTATIONS A. Drink its effects , a XIII TABLE Of contentS.
... , noise and bustle § 3. DISORDERS · A busy week for the authorities , duelling and street brawling , constables and watchmen , London at night • 75 84 • 92 $ 4 . TEMPTATIONS A. Drink its effects , a XIII TABLE Of contentS.
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A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. $ 4 . TEMPTATIONS A. Drink its effects , a fearful example , ale - houses , taverns , English sobriety . B. Tobacco . a tobacco seller , royal disapprobation . C. Dicing and Gaming : cheaters , a ...
A Book of Elizabethan Prose J. D. Wilson. $ 4 . TEMPTATIONS A. Drink its effects , a fearful example , ale - houses , taverns , English sobriety . B. Tobacco . a tobacco seller , royal disapprobation . C. Dicing and Gaming : cheaters , a ...
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... drink . Their beds are covered with tapestry , even those of farmers . They are often molested with the scurvy , said to have first crept into England with the Norman conquest . Their houses are commonly of two stories , except in ...
... drink . Their beds are covered with tapestry , even those of farmers . They are often molested with the scurvy , said to have first crept into England with the Norman conquest . Their houses are commonly of two stories , except in ...
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... drink a good draught and fetch his hound to make him break his fast a little . And let him not forget to fill his bottle with good wine . That done , let him take a little vinegar in the palm of his hand , and put it in the nostrils of ...
... drink a good draught and fetch his hound to make him break his fast a little . And let him not forget to fill his bottle with good wine . That done , let him take a little vinegar in the palm of his hand , and put it in the nostrils of ...
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... drink must pass without a carol ; the beasts , fowl , and fish , come to a general execution ; and the corn is ground to dust for the bakehouse , and the pastry . Cards and dice purge many a purse , and the youth shew their agility in ...
... drink must pass without a carol ; the beasts , fowl , and fish , come to a general execution ; and the corn is ground to dust for the bakehouse , and the pastry . Cards and dice purge many a purse , and the youth shew their agility in ...
Contents
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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