Wilson, Dover John  <br/><br/>
Life in shakespear’s England  
/ John Dover Wilson 
 - London :  Penguin Books,  1944 
 - 366 p. 
<br/><br/>I • ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH  <br/>_Richard II, Henry V, etc._  <br/>England, the English, birth and rank, snobbery, English women ................................................... 17  <br/>- <br/><br/>*Part One*  <br/><br/>SHAKESPEARE’S YOUTH, STRATFORD 1564–86  <br/>Born 1564: son of a farmer and shopkeeper of Stratford-on-Avon: probably attends the free grammar school of the town  <br/><br/>II • THE COUNTRYSIDE  <br/>_Midsummer Night’s Dream, Induction to the Taming of the Shrew, As You Like it, Winter’s Tale_  <br/><br/>1. COUNTRY-FOLK ................................................... 28  <br/>A country gentleman, a franklin, a farmer, a milkmaid, a shepherd  <br/><br/>2. SPORT ............................................................... 35  <br/>Hunting, football, bowling, a cock-fight, a local play  <br/><br/>3. FESTIVAL .......................................................... 42  <br/>Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, May Day, Robin Hood, the Lord of Misrule  <br/><br/>III • SUPERSTITION  <br/>_Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Cæsar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, The Tempest_  <br/><br/>1. THE NATURE OF SUPERSTITION ......................... 51<br/> 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Life--Shakespear’s--England 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>820.8  / W6911