Francois Laroque

Shakespeare's Festive World

Elizbethan Seasonal Entertainment and the Professional Stage

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an exciting new perspective on Shakespeare's relation to popular culture.

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Francois Laroque's new perspective on Shakespeare's relation to popular culture has quickly become a classic of scholarship. Available now in paperback, the book opens new possibilities for Shakespeare studies, revealing the connections between his plays and the folklore, customs, games, and celebrations of the Elizabethan festive tradition. This acclaimed study shows how Shakespeare mingled popular culture with aristocratic royal forms of entertainment in ways that combined or clashed to produce new meaning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 440
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 1993
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 710g
• ISBN-13: 9780521457866
• ISBN-10: 0521457866
• Artikelnr.: 21074896

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Foreword Sir Keith Thomas
Preface
Part I. Introduction: Festivity During the Elizabethan Age: 1. Festivity and popular beliefs in the Elizabethan age
2. Festivity and society in Shakespeare's time
3. The calendar
4. The cycle of calendary festivals
5. The non-calendary festivals
Part II. Introduction: Some Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on Literary Analysis: 6. Festivity and dramatic structure: methodological problems
7. Festivity and time in Shakespeare's plays
8. Festivity and society in Shakespeare's plays
9. Festivity and its images in Shakespeare's plays
10. Othello and the festive traditions
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix I: Calendars
Appendix II: Iconography
Index.