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Shakespeare's festive world : Elizabethan seasonal entertainment and the professional stage

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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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
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