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The popular culture of Shakespeare, Spenser, and Jonson / Mary Ellen Lamb.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lamb, Mary Ellen, 1946-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 2.
- Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture ; 2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and interpretation.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637--Criticism and interpretation.
- Jonson, Ben.
- English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Popular culture in literature.
- Popular culture--England--History--16th century.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--England--History--17th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Breaking new ground by considering productions of popular culture from above, rather than from below, this book draws on theorists of cultural studies, such as Pierre Bourdieu, Roger Chartier and John Fiske to synthesize work from disparate fields and present new readings of well-known literary works.Using the literature of Shakespeare, Spenser and Jonson, Mary Ellen Lamb investigates the social narratives of several social groups - an urban, middling group; an elite at the court of James; and an aristocratic faction from the countryside. She states that under the pressure of increas
- Contents:
- Cover; The Popular Culture of Shakespeare, Spenser, and Jonson; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Producing popular cultures; PART I Fairies, old wives' tales, and hobby-horses: rising to (in)visibility; 2 Taken by the fairies; 3 Old wives' tales; 4 Hobby-horses and fellow travelers; PART II William Shakespeare; 5 A Midsummer Night's Dream: breeching the binary; 6 The Merry Wives of Windsor: domestic nationalism and the refuse of the realm; PART III Edmund Spenser; 7 The Faerie Queene: vanishing fairies and dissolving courtiers; PART IV Ben Jonson
- 8 Oberon, The Fairy Prince (1611) and the great fairy caper The Sad Shepherd (c.1637) and the topography of the devil's arse; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-263) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-44110-X
- 1-134-44111-8
- 1-280-54339-6
- 9786610543397
- 0-203-50685-5
- 9780203506851
- OCLC:
- 437055220
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