Wilson, Dover John creator text London Penguin Books 1944 monographic eng

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366 p. I • ENGLAND AND THE ENGLISH _Richard II, Henry V, etc._ England, the English, birth and rank, snobbery, English women ................................................... 17 - *Part One* SHAKESPEARE’S YOUTH, STRATFORD 1564–86 Born 1564: son of a farmer and shopkeeper of Stratford-on-Avon: probably attends the free grammar school of the town II • THE COUNTRYSIDE _Midsummer Night’s Dream, Induction to the Taming of the Shrew, As You Like it, Winter’s Tale_ 1. COUNTRY-FOLK ................................................... 28 A country gentleman, a franklin, a farmer, a milkmaid, a shepherd 2. SPORT ............................................................... 35 Hunting, football, bowling, a cock-fight, a local play 3. FESTIVAL .......................................................... 42 Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, May Day, Robin Hood, the Lord of Misrule III • SUPERSTITION _Midsummer Night’s Dream, Julius Cæsar, Macbeth, Hamlet, King Lear, The Tempest_ 1. THE NATURE OF SUPERSTITION ......................... 51 / John Dover Wilson English Life--Shakespear’s--England 820.8 W6911 (pbk) 260602 20260602193832.0