Originally published in 1933 and republished in 1958, this great work is an imagining, in plain narrative, of the life of Shakespeare against the background of his times, his world of the theatre and his dramatic development through the last years of Elizabeth’s reign.
Originally published in 1933 and republished in 1958, this great work is an imagining, in plain narrative, of the life of Shakespeare against the background of his times, his world of the theatre and his dramatic development through the last years of Elizabeth’s reign.
George Bagshawe Harrison (1894–1991) was a renowned scholar and critic who produced many books on Elizabethan and Jacobean literature. In this 1924 volume, Harrison... Læs mere
G B Harrison here recognizes that Shakespeare's tragedies were intended for performance in a theatre and that the playwright's conspicuous gift among his contemporaries was a sympathy for joy and sorrow, pity and terror, and right and wrong of
This book collects together over one hundred sources by Elizabethan authors which show English life in English literature.
G B Harrison here recognizes that Shakespeare's tragedies were intended for performance in a theatre and that the playwright's conspicuous gift among his contemporaries was a sympathy for joy and sorrow, pity and terror, and right and wrong of
This book collects together over one hundred sources by Elizabethan authors which show English life in English literature.
This is the fifth volume in a set that provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean world picture. The volumes convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare, King James, the Gunpowder Plot, and the dicoveries of Galileo.
This book is a record of those things most talked of during the years 1603–1606. It includes journals and other books printed during those years. The book is a sequel to the Elizabethan Journals.