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D.S. Brewer
Language
English
Pages
240

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Subjects
History and criticism, Theater, English drama, Comic, The, in literature, Clowns in literature, Clowns, Characters, English drama (Comedy), Fools and jesters in literature, History
People
William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Places
England
Times
Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600, 17th century, 16th century
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Table of Contents

Introduction. Unearthing Yoricks : literary archeology and the ideologies of early English clowning
Folly as proto-racism : blackface in the "natural" fool tradition
"Sports and follies against the Pope" : Tudor evangelical lords of misrule
"Verie devout asses" : ignorant Puritan clowns
The fool "by art" : the all-licensed "artificial" fool in the King Lear quarto
Epilogue. License revoked : ending an era.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-222) and index.

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Woodbridge, Suffolk, Rochester, NY
Series
Studies in Renaissance literature -- v. 26, Studies in Renaissance literature (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) -- v. 26.

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Dewey Decimal Class
822.309352
Library of Congress
PR658.C6 H67 2009

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Pagination
xiii, 240 p. :
Number of pages
240

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24565056M
Internet Archive
englishclowntrad00horn
ISBN 10
1843842009
ISBN 13
9781843842002
LCCN
2009502120
OCLC/WorldCat
430987795

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