| 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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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250) and index. |
| 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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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 |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Sources.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Knowledge -- Popular culture.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Shakespeare, William. |
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. |
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Shakespeare, William. |
| Chronological Term |
1500-1699 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Sources.
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Added Author |
Gillespie, Stuart, 1958-
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Rhodes, Neil, 1953-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shakespeare and Elizabethan popular culture 1904271685 (OCoLC)68763913 |
| ISBN |
9781408143629 (electronic bk.) |
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1408143623 (electronic bk.) |
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1904271685 |
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9781904271680 |
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