Author: Signet Library (Great Britain)
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the Society of Writers to H. M. Signet in Scotland
Author: Signet Library (Great Britain)
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 696
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A Catalogue of Reprints of Early English Poetic and Dramatic Literature, to the Time of King Charles I. Inclusive; ... On Sale at the Prices Affixed
Author: William Strong
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Languages : en
Pages : 38
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 38
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A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain...
Author: Samuel Halkett
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Languages : en
Pages : 446
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Languages : en
Pages : 446
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The King and Commoner Tradition
Author: Mark Truesdale
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351106678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
King and Commoner tales were hugely popular across the late medieval and early modern periods, their cultural influence extending from Robin Hood ballads to Shakespearean national histories. This study represents the first detailed exploration of this rich and fascinating literary tradition, tracing its development across deeply politicized fifteenth-century comic tales and early modern ballads. The medieval King and Commoner tales depict an incognito king becoming lost in the forest and encountering a disgruntled commoner who complains of class oppression and poaches the king’s deer. This is an upside-down world of tricksters, violence, and politicized feasting that critiques and deconstructs medieval hierarchy. The commoners of these tales utilize the inversion of the medieval carnival, crowning themselves as liminal mock kings in the forest while threatening to rend and devour a body politic that would oppress them. These tales are complex and ambiguous, reimagining the socio-political upheaval of the late medieval period in sophisticated ruminations on class relations. By contrast, the early modern ballads and chapbooks see the tradition undergo a conservative metamorphosis. Suppressing its more radical elements amid a celebration of proto-panoptical kings, the tradition remerges as royalist propaganda in which the king watches his thankful subjects through the keyhole.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351106678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
King and Commoner tales were hugely popular across the late medieval and early modern periods, their cultural influence extending from Robin Hood ballads to Shakespearean national histories. This study represents the first detailed exploration of this rich and fascinating literary tradition, tracing its development across deeply politicized fifteenth-century comic tales and early modern ballads. The medieval King and Commoner tales depict an incognito king becoming lost in the forest and encountering a disgruntled commoner who complains of class oppression and poaches the king’s deer. This is an upside-down world of tricksters, violence, and politicized feasting that critiques and deconstructs medieval hierarchy. The commoners of these tales utilize the inversion of the medieval carnival, crowning themselves as liminal mock kings in the forest while threatening to rend and devour a body politic that would oppress them. These tales are complex and ambiguous, reimagining the socio-political upheaval of the late medieval period in sophisticated ruminations on class relations. By contrast, the early modern ballads and chapbooks see the tradition undergo a conservative metamorphosis. Suppressing its more radical elements amid a celebration of proto-panoptical kings, the tradition remerges as royalist propaganda in which the king watches his thankful subjects through the keyhole.
Catalogue of Rare Books
Author: Ellis (Firm)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 864
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The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Category : Archaeology
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue."
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 634
Book Description
Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue."
The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature
Author: Tobias Smollett
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Mapping Mythologies
Author: Marilyn Butler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107116384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The last major work by Marilyn Butler, leading literary critic of the late twentieth century, on imaginative ideas of nationhood.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107116384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
The last major work by Marilyn Butler, leading literary critic of the late twentieth century, on imaginative ideas of nationhood.
Book Catalogue
Author: John Russell Smith
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1014
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