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A contemporary of Shakespeare's remembered how an alewife's house went up in flames when she brewed on St. Mark's Day, "a gentle warning to them that violate and profane forbidden days!" Shakespeare's parents, warned, skipped St. Mark's ...
A contemporary of Shakespeare's remembered how an alewife's house went up in flames when she brewed on St. Mark's Day, "a gentle warning to them that violate and profane forbidden days!" Shakespeare's parents, warned, skipped St. Mark's ...
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In the early years of the seventeenth century, Shakespeare remembered this church. His heroine Helena in All's Well That Ends Well, leaving France for Florence, goes on pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James the Great in Compostela, ...
In the early years of the seventeenth century, Shakespeare remembered this church. His heroine Helena in All's Well That Ends Well, leaving France for Florence, goes on pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James the Great in Compostela, ...
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Latimer remembered how "I buckled his harness when he went unto Blackheath Field." An independent yeoman, he sent his son to Cambridge, dowered his daughters and married them off. "He kept hospitality for his poor ...
Latimer remembered how "I buckled his harness when he went unto Blackheath Field." An independent yeoman, he sent his son to Cambridge, dowered his daughters and married them off. "He kept hospitality for his poor ...
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King John is a history play, remembering things past. But the past declares the present. This is Shakespeare's strategy, revealing the feline man, Polonius-like, who finds directions "by indirections" or says one thing in terms of ...
King John is a history play, remembering things past. But the past declares the present. This is Shakespeare's strategy, revealing the feline man, Polonius-like, who finds directions "by indirections" or says one thing in terms of ...
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Later this Foxe wrote a famous "Book of Martyrs," remembering the Protestants burned for their faith in the reign of Bloody Mary. The flames encircled Stratford, and men were burned at Coventry, Banbury, Lichfield, and Wotton-under-Edge ...
Later this Foxe wrote a famous "Book of Martyrs," remembering the Protestants burned for their faith in the reign of Bloody Mary. The flames encircled Stratford, and men were burned at Coventry, Banbury, Lichfield, and Wotton-under-Edge ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
| 25 | |
Shadows of Himself | 79 |
WildGoose Chase | 107 |
A Motley to the View | 136 |
For Ted and Lloyd St Antoine | 155 |
The Dyers Hand | 163 |
Index | 195 |
Sailing to Illyria 65 | 65 |
Fools of Nature 101 | 101 |
PR2894 F65 2007 | 106 |
Treason in the Blood 134 | 134 |
The Wine of Life 160 | 160 |
Bravest at the Last 188 | 188 |
Unpathed Waters Undreamed Shores | 217 |
Journeys End | 247 |
Includes bibliographical references and index | 1 |
The Revolution of the Times 34 | 34 |
Index | 281 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Shakespeare |
| Author | Russell A. Fraser |
| Publisher | Transaction Publishers |
| ISBN | 1412834031, 9781412834032 |
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