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Folk-lore of Shakespeare — T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

Folk-lore of Shakespeare

T. F. Thiselton-Dyer

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 584 pages

This 1884 essay collection by T. F. Thiselton-Dyer explores the folklore and popular beliefs woven into Shakespeare’s plays. Chapters cover fairies, witches, ghosts, birds, plants, calendar customs and folk medicine, placing them in Elizabethan social life. It is rewarding for readers interested in how folk tradition shaped literature.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. FOLK-LORE OF SHAKESPEARE
  2. PREFACE.
  3. CONTENTS.
  4. FOLK-LORE OF SHAKESPEARE. CHAPTER I.
  5. CHAPTER II.
  6. CHAPTER III.
  7. CHAPTER IV.
  8. CHAPTER V.
  9. CHAPTER VI.
  10. CHAPTER VII.
  11. CHAPTER VIII.
  12. CHAPTER IX.
  13. CHAPTER X.
  14. CHAPTER XI.
  15. CHAPTER XII.
  16. CHAPTER XIII.
  17. CHAPTER XIV.
  18. CHAPTER XV.
  19. CHAPTER XVI.
  20. CHAPTER XVII.
  21. CHAPTER XVIII.
  22. CHAPTER XIX.
  23. CHAPTER XX.
  24. CHAPTER XXI.
  25. CHAPTER XXII.
  26. CHAPTER XXIII.
  27. INDEX.
  28. ENGLISH CLASSICS.
  29. ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS.
  30. BOOKS FOR STUDENTS OF ENGLISH LITERATURE.

and 3 more chapters

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