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.
| ISBN: | 9781904271680 |
| Publication date: | 2nd March 2006 |
| Author: | Neil Rhodes |
| Publisher: | The Arden Shakespeare an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 271 pages |
| Series: | Arden Critical Companions |
| Genres: |
Language and Linguistics |
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.
Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture features in the following genres: Language and Linguistics
Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture is available in Hardback
Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture was written by Neil Rhodes and published by The Arden Shakespeare an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture has 271 pages
Yes it is part of Arden Critical Companions series