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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... withal we may observe , how far unlike the plays and harmless morals of former times . are to those which have succeeded ; many of which ( by report of others ) may be termed schoolmasters of vice , and provoca- tions to corruptions . R ...
... withal we may observe , how far unlike the plays and harmless morals of former times . are to those which have succeeded ; many of which ( by report of others ) may be termed schoolmasters of vice , and provoca- tions to corruptions . R ...
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... withal . And no marvel , for there is a great lord present amongst them , as super- intendent and lord over their pastimes and sports , namely Sathan , prince of hell . But their chiefest jewel they bring from thence is their May - pole ...
... withal . And no marvel , for there is a great lord present amongst them , as super- intendent and lord over their pastimes and sports , namely Sathan , prince of hell . But their chiefest jewel they bring from thence is their May - pole ...
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... withal . Then march these heathen company towards the church and church - yard , their pipers piping , their drummers thundering , their stumps dancing , their bells jingling , their handkerchiefs swinging about their heads like madmen ...
... withal . Then march these heathen company towards the church and church - yard , their pipers piping , their drummers thundering , their stumps dancing , their bells jingling , their handkerchiefs swinging about their heads like madmen ...
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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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