| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 259 pages) : illustrations |
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The Arden critical companions |
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Arden critical companions.
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| Contents |
Shakespeare and the mystery plays / Helen Cooper -- Shakespeare and popular festivity / Leah S. Marcus -- Shakespeare's clowns / Alex Davis -- Shakespeare and popular romance / Helen Moore -- Shakespeare and Elizabethan popular fiction / David Margolies -- Shakespeare, ghosts and popular folklore / Diane Purkiss -- Shakespeare's sayings / Neil Rhodes -- Shakespeare and popular song / Stuart Gillespie -- Shakespeare's residuals: the circulation of ballads in cultural memory / Bruce R. Smith |
| Summary |
While much has been written on Shakespeare's debt to the classical tradition, less has been said about his roots in the popular culture of his own time. This is the first book to explore the full range of his debts to Elizabethan popular culture. Topics covered include the mystery plays, festive custom, clowns, romance and popular fiction, folklore and superstition, everyday sayings, and popular songs. These essays show how Shakespeare, throughout his dramatic work, used popular culture. A final chapter, which considers ballads with Shakespearean connections in the seventeenth century, shows h |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Sources.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Popular culture
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| SUBJECT |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 fast |
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Shakespeare, William. swd |
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Popular culture -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Popular culture -- England -- History -- 17th century
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Civilization
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Popular culture
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Alltagskultur
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Trivialliteratur
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Volkscultuur.
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England -- Civilization -- 16th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043275
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England -- Civilization -- 17th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043276
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England
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England
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Englisch.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Gillespie, Stuart, 1958-
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Rhodes, Neil, 1953-
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| ISBN |
9781408143629 |
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1408143623 |
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9781472555120 |
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1472555120 |
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9781408143636 |
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1408143631 |
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