Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners:

Name: Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners:
Author: Francis Douce

by Francis Douce

EN·~17 hours

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Illustrations of Shakspeare, and of Ancient Manners: with Dissertations on the Clowns and Fools of Shakspeare; on a Collection of Popular Tales Entitled Gesta Romanorum; and on the English Morris dance.

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Duration

~17 hours (1031K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2015-10-16

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Criticism and interpretation Morris dance Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Manners and customs Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Clowns Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Fools Manners and customs in literature Fools and jesters in literature Exempla in literature Clowns in literature Gesta Romanorum Fools and jesters -- England -- History -- 16th century Clowns -- England -- History -- 16th century

About the author

Francis Douce

1757–1834

Best known as an antiquary, museum curator, and passionate collector, he helped preserve a remarkable world of manuscripts, early books, and literary curiosities. His legacy still lives on most visibly in the famous Douce collections at Oxford.

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