Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture

Arden Critical Companion

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, British
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Author: ISBN: 9781408143636
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: May 13, 2014
Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781408143636
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: May 13, 2014
Imprint: The Arden Shakespeare
Language: English

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.

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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.

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