Research Catalog

Title

Shakespeare's festive world : Elizabethan seasonal entertainment and the professional stage / François Laroque ; translated by Janet Lloyd.

Author

Laroque, François.

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

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Details

Description

xvi, 423 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

François 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 and royal forms of entertainment in ways that combined or clashed to produce new meaning.

Series Statement

European studies in English literature

Uniform Title

• Shakespeare et la fête. English
• European studies in English literature

Alternative Title

Shakespeare et la fête.

Subject

• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Knowledge and learning
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Tradegies
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Shakespeare, William 1564-1616
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Manners and customs
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Knowledge > Mythology
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
• Shakespeare, Williams, (1564-1616)
• Shakespeare, William, (1564-1616) > Critique et interprétation
• Shakespeare, William
• Centrum för Invandringsforskning Stockholm Forskningsgruppen för Studier av Etniska Relationer, Social Kognition och Tvärkulturell Psykologi
• 1500-1603
• Geschichte (1558-1603)
• Festivals > England > History > 16th century
• Holidays > England > History > 16th century
• Theater > England > History > 16th century
• Literature and folklore > England > History > 16th century
• Folklore in literature
• Seasons in literature
• Manners and customs in literature
• Holidays > Great Britain > History > 16th century
• Literature and folklore > Great Britain > History > 16th century
• Seasons in literature > History > 16th century
• Manners and customs in literature > History > 16th century
• 18.05 English literature
• 71.57 immaterial culture (sociology)
• Folklore
• Festivals
• Folklore in literature
• Holidays
• Literature and folklore
• Manners and customs
• Manners and customs in literature
• Seasons in literature
• Theater
• Drama
• Englisch
• Fest Motiv
• Kultur
• Fest
• Feesten
• Toneel
• Volksfeesten
• Festivals > Great Britain > 16th century
• Holidays > Great Britain > 16th century
• Theater > Great Britain > History > 16th century
• Folklore > Dans la littérature
• Théâtre anglais
• Fêtes > Grande-Bretagne > 16e siècle
• Théâtre > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne > 16e siècle
• Fêtes > Dans la littérature
• Littérature anglaise > 16e siècle > Thèmes, motifs
• England > Social life and customs > 16th century
• Great Britain > History > Elizabeth, 1558-1603
• England
• Great Britain
• Great Britain > Social life and customs > 16th century
• Angleterre (GB) > Moeurs et coutumes > 16e siècle
• Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 16e siècle
• Englisch

Genre/Form

• Folklore
• History

Note

• Translation of: Shakespeare et la fête.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Part I: Festivity during the Elizabethan Age -- Festivity and popular beliefs in the Elizabethan age -- Festivity and society in Shakespeare's time -- The calendar -- The cycle of calendary festivals -- The non-calendary festivals -- Part II: Some anthropological and historical perspectives on literary analysis -- Festivity and dramatic structure: methodological problems -- Festivity and time in Shakespeare's plays -- Festivity and society in Shakespeare's plays -- Festivity and its images in Shakespeare's plays -- Othello and festive traditions -- Appendix 1: A comparative calendar of pagan and Christian festivals and traditions -- Appendix 2: A calendar of the principal festivals and feast days in Elizabethan England -- Appendix 3: The popular, agricultural and legal calendars.

ISBN

• 0521375495
• 9780521375498
• 9780521457866
• 0521457866

LCCN

90033537

OCLC

• ocm21228781
• 21228781
• SCSB-14131745

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library