Voices of Shakespeare's England - Contemporary Accounts of Elizabethan Daily Life

Informationen zum Autor John A. Wagner , PhD, has taught British and U.S. history at Phoenix College and Arizona State University. Klappentext Voices of Shakespeare's England offers students and public library patrons over 50 primary documents that illuminate the character, personalities, and events of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. Voices of Shakespeare's England: Contemporary Accounts of Elizabethan Daily Life helps readers explore the era that produced, among other things, the world's greatest playwright. It brings together excerpts from over 50 primary documents written in William Shakespeare's lifetime, including letters, literature, speeches and polemics, official reports, and descriptive narratives. Voices of Shakespeare's England includes the works of Shakespeare himself, as well as other poets and playwrights, but it also expands beyond the literary world to cover politics, religion, economics, social change, and the royal court. By allowing Shakespeare's contemporaries to speak in their own voices, it offers an illuminating look at the breadth of Elizabethan society, including major historic events in England as well as Scotland, Ireland, the European continent, and even the new world of America. Zusammenfassung Voices of Shakespeare's England offers students and public library patrons over 50 primary documents that illuminate the character! personalities! and events of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John Wagner
• Mitarbeit: John Wagner (Herausgeber), John A. Wagner (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Greenwood Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.01.2010
• EAN: 9780313357404
• ISBN: 978-0-313-35740-4
• Seiten: 460
• Serien: Voices of an Era; Voices of an Era
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Culture; World History