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 |
Contents
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SUPERSTITION | 29 |
Fairyland c | 46 |
The GrammarSchool | 52 |
The University | 63 |
LONDON | 75 |
First Impressions of London | 84 |
Playhouses and Beargardens | 160 |
The Audiencb | 166 |
The Actor and his Craft | 172 |
THE COURT | 190 |
HOUSE AND HOME | 208 |
ROGUES AND VAGABONDS | 233 |
THE SEA | 251 |
Conclusion AN ELIZABETHAN DAY | 274 |
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| Title | Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan Prose Cosimo classics history |
| Author | J. D. Wilson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Cosimo, Inc., 2008 |
| ISBN | 1605204811, 9781605204819 |
| Length | 328 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Europe / Great Britain / General |
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