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9780750926782

Shakespeare's England : Life in Elizabethan and Jacobean Times

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  • ISBN13:

    9780750926782

  • ISBN10:

    0750926783

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-03-01
  • Publisher: Trafalgar Square
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Summary

This is an intriguing and fascinating collection of some of the best, wittiest and most unusual excerpts from sixteenth and seventeenth century writing. Shakespeare's England brings to life the variety, the energy and the harsh reality of England at this time. Providing a fascinating picture of the age, it includes extracts from a wide variety of writers, taken from books, plays, poems, letters, diaries and pamphlets by and about Shakespeare's contemporaries.

Author Biography

R.E. Pritchard was formerly a lecturer in English at Keele University where he specialized in Renaissance literature.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgementsp. iv
Introductionp. 1
England and the Englishp. 3
Women and Menp. 27
House and Homep. 49
Country Lifep. 65
Educationp. 86
Beliefsp. 104
The Courtp. 129
Londonp. 152
Arts and Pleasuresp. 179
Poverty, Crime and Punishmentp. 203
Over Seasp. 226
Codap. 246
Further Readingp. 247
Indexp. 251
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