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OverviewReligion and Revelry in Shakespeare's Festive World examines the relationship between traditional festive pastimes - such as Midsummer pageants and morris dancing - and Shakespeare's plays. Beginning with C. L. Barber's Shakespeare's Festive Comedy, work on this topic has stressed the political and social meanings of early modern festivity; in contrast, this study seeks to restore a sense of the devotional issues surrounding festivity to our understanding of early modern cultural representations. After establishing the continued religious controversies surrounding festivity expressed in a range of early modern literature, the book argues that Shakespeare is a festive traditionalist who not only acknowledges the relationship between traditional pastimes, stage plays, and religious controversy, but who also aligns his own work with festive energies identified with the old religion. Religion and Revelry therefore intervenes in recent controversies over the role of religion in Shakespeare's theater, as well as the particular place of Catholicism in Shakespeare's work and world. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Phebe Jensen (Utah State University)Publisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9781107578708ISBN 10: 1107578701 Pages: 280 Publication Date: 17 December 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'… a rich wide-ranging account that enables further argument, rather than closing it off with easy answers.' The Times Literary Supplement 'a rich wide-ranging account that enables further argument, rather than closing it off with easy answers.' The Times Literary Supplement Author InformationPhebe Jensen is Associate Professor in the Department of English, Utah State University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |