Hospitable performances : dramatic genre and cultural practices in early modern England / by Daryl W. Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Daryl W.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600--History and criticism.

English drama.

English drama--17th century--History and criticism.

Hospitality--England--History--16th century.

Hospitality.

Hospitality--England--History--17th century.

Courts and courtiers in literature.

Manners and customs in literature.

Hospitality in literature.

Pageants--England.

Pageants.

History.

England.

Physical Description:

xi, 220 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

West Lafayette, Ind. : Purdue University, [1992]

Summary:

This wide-ranging and interdisciplinary study draws on sociology, anthropology, history, and literary theory to examine the practice and the literary re-presentation of hospitality. Palmer offers an original synthesis of dramatic texts from early modern England that gives place to Shakespeare and his contemporaries. The literary texts Palmer uses cover a diverse field, from Shakespearean drama to royal progresses, from court entertainment to pamphlet literature. The genre of pageantry, a more ubiquitous form of entertainment than the more-studied public theater, takes over the heart of the study. Through these various genres, Palmer investigates the notion of mediation, the relationship between aesthetic objects and the culture that produced them.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and index.

ISBN:

1557530149

OCLC:

23694241