The English Clown Tradition from the Middle Ages to Shakespeare

A new account of medieval and Renaissance clown traditions reveals the true extent of their cultural influence.

List 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
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Product details

• Authors: Robert Hornback, Robert (Royalty Account) Hornback
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.09.2009
• EAN: 9781843842002
• ISBN: 978-1-84384-200-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 514 g
• Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature; Studies in Renaissance Literat
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies