Life in Shakespeare's England: A Book of Elizabethan ProseJohn Dover Wilson |
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... ENGLISH ( Richard II , Henry V , etc ) England , the English , birth and rank , snob- bery , English women . PART I SHAKESPEARE'S YOUTH , STRATFORD 1564-1586 Born 1564 : son of a farmer and shopkeeper of Stratford - on- Avon : probably ...
... ENGLISH ( Richard II , Henry V , etc ) England , the English , birth and rank , snob- bery , English women . PART I SHAKESPEARE'S YOUTH , STRATFORD 1564-1586 Born 1564 : son of a farmer and shopkeeper of Stratford - on- Avon : probably ...
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... English sobriety . B. Tobacco : a tobacco seller , royal disapprobation . C. Dicing and Gaming : cheaters , a gaming- house , false dice , card - sharping . D. Debt and Usury : a usurer , the debtors ' prison SS . DRESS AND FASHION PAGE ...
... English sobriety . B. Tobacco : a tobacco seller , royal disapprobation . C. Dicing and Gaming : cheaters , a gaming- house , false dice , card - sharping . D. Debt and Usury : a usurer , the debtors ' prison SS . DRESS AND FASHION PAGE ...
Contents
ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH I | 1 |
PART I | 8 |
SUPERSTITION | 29 |
S4 FAIRYLAND | 40 |
EDUCATION | 48 |
S4 TRAVEL | 67 |
LONDON | 74 |
S3 DISORDERS | 91 |
S2 PLAYHOUSES AND BEARGARDENS | 158 |
THE COURT | 189 |
S3 MASQUES AT COURT | 197 |
PART III | 207 |
S2 GARDENS AND ORCHARDS | 211 |
ROGUES AND VAGABONDS | 232 |
THE SEA | 250 |
CONCLUSION AN ELIZABETHAN DAY | 273 |
SS DRESS AND FASHION | 121 |
S6 THE PLAGUE | 134 |
THE THEATRE | 153 |
GLOSSARY AND NOTES | 281 |
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