Harrison, G. B. (George Bagshawe) 1894-1991

A companion to Shakespeare studies by Harley Granville-Barker( Book )

108 editions published between 1934 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 2,461 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The studies in this volume cover all aspects of Shakespearian scholarship. It begins with Shakespeare's biography, describes the theatres and companies of the time, and analyses Shakespeare's dramatic and poetic genius. There are also studies of his work in relation to the English spoken at the time, his use and knowledge of music, and his sources. Other essays cover the national and social background. A final group touches on the text of the plays, Shakespearian criticism and scholarship, and Shakespeare in the theatre

Introducing Shakespeare by G. B Harrison( Book )

197 editions published between 1939 and 2001 in 4 languages and held by 1,710 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The author deals first and foremost with the legend and then with the life. In the light of modern research he explores the Elizabethan playhouse with the help of a set of graphic reconstructions and examines the effect of its complicated structure on the play itself. But it is in the chapter on the Lord Chamberlain Players that Shakespeare and his associates are most clearly seen against a background of theatrical rivalry, literary piracy, the closing of the playhouses in time of plague, the famous performance of Richard II in support of Essex, and the fire which finally destroyed the Globe

Elizabethan plays and players by G. B Harrison( Book )

51 editions published between 1940 and 1967 in English and held by 1,428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Indhold: The building of the theatre ; John Lyly ; Stage and university ; New dramatists ; Greene turns playwright ; The death of Greene ; The death of Marlowe ; Edward Alleyn and the Admiral's men ; The Chamberlain's men ; The humours ; Ben Jonson ; The Globe ; Boy players ; Essex's rebellion ; The stage war ; The end of an era

The Elizabethan journals, being a record of those things most talked of during the years 1591-1603. Comprising An Elizabethan journal, 1591-4, A second Elizabethan journal, 1595-8, A last Elizabethan journal, 1599-1603 by G. B Harrison( Book )

133 editions published between 1928 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Annotation This set provides a detailed and intimate account of the Elizabethan and Jacobean World picture. The volumes vividly convey life as it was in the days of Shakespeare; King James; the first voyage to the West Indies; the Great Plague of 1603; the Gunpowder Plot; the Civil War, and the first impact of Galileo's discoveries. In compiling these volumes, G.B. Harrison undertook a massive trawl of original sources of British social and political history of the period. Each journal contains a chronology of key events of the period, unfolding as they would for contemporaries. This rare panorama of one of England's most colourful periods in history provides an essential background for enlightened reading of Elizabethan and Jacobean literature, offering as it does, crucial insights into influences affecting the literature and attitudes of the time

Major British writers by G. B Harrison( Book )

6 editions published between 1954 and 1959 in English and held by 1,220 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Includes Chaucer; Spenser; Shakespeare; Bacon; Donne; Milton; Dryden; Swift; Pope; Johnson; Boswell

Shakespeare's critics; from Jonson to Auden, a medley of judgments by Arthur M Eastman( Book )

17 editions published between 1064 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakespeare's tragedies by G. B Harrison( Book )

57 editions published between 1951 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,188 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakespeare at work, 1592-1603 by G. B Harrison( Book )

50 editions published between 1933 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Shakespeare against the background of his times, his world of the theatre and his dramatic development through the last years of Elizabeth's reign. Originally published in 1933 and republished in 1958, this great work is an imagining, in plain narrative, of the life of Shakespeare backed with evidence of the history of the stage. Whatever wider significances modern critics distill from Shakespeare's plays, it remains an elementary fact that he wrote plays to interest and entertain his contemporaries and this book takes a look at the immediate interests of his audience and how his work responde

England in Shakespeare's day by G. B Harrison( Book )

44 editions published between 1669 and 2013 in English and held by 922 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First published in 1928. This book collects together over one hundred sources by Elizabethan authors which show English life in English literature. Most of them have been selected as much to catch the atmosphere as the moods of the period, and come from the great Elizabethan writers who can transmit the essence of the time. A 'gallery of Elizabethan pictures' rather than a complete survey of life in Shakespeare's day, the spelling and punctuation have been modernized throughout. To enable those who wish to read the extracts in their context, references are given to the most accessible

John Bunyan; a study in personality by G. B Harrison( Book )

33 editions published between 1928 and 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 867 WorldCat member libraries worldwide