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The king and commoner tradition : carnivalesque politics in medieval and early modern literature / Mark Truesdale.
Van Pelt Library PR275.O78 T78 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Truesdale, Mark, author.
- Series:
- Outlaws in literature, history, and culture
- Outlaws in literature, history, and culture ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Outlaws in literature.
- Kings and rulers in literature.
- English literature--Middle English, 1100-1500--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- English literature--Middle English.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 225 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "a rolle he had reading, / A bourde written therein he ffound"
- Feasts and surveillance in King Edward and the shepherd: "wode has erys; fylde has si?t"
- The carnivalesque and insurrection in John the reeve: "I will cracke thy crowne!"
- Hybridity and transformation: Rauf Coil?ear, a gest of Robin Hood, King Edward and the hermit and The king and the barker
- Containment in the early modern ballads: the king at the keyhole
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Truesdale, Mark author. King and commoner tradition
- ISBN:
- 9780815364764
- 0815364768
- OCLC:
- 1007755182
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