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Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture: Arden Critical Companion
Hardback
Main Details
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Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture: Arden Critical Companion
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| Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Neil Rhodes
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Edited by Stuart Gillespie
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| Series | Arden Critical Companions |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:271 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 204,Width 134 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1500 to c 1800 |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781904271680
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| Classifications | Dewey:822.33 |
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| Audience | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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| Illustrations |
Illustrations
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
The Arden Shakespeare
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| Publication Date |
2 March 2006 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
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 how popular culture immediately after his time used Shakespeare.
Author Biography
Stuart Gillespie is Reader in English Literature at the University of Glasgow, and editor of the journal Translation and Literature.
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