The King and Commoner Tradition: Carnivalesque Politics in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

Author:   Mark Truesdale
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Pages:   226
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
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Author:   Mark Truesdale
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367593230


ISBN 10:   0367593238
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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"Introduction: ""A rolle he had reading, / A bourde written therein he ffound"" 1. Feasts and Surveillance in King Edward and the Shepherd: ""Wode has erys; fylde has siȝt"" 2. The Carnivalesque and Insurrection in John the Reeve: ""I will cracke thy crowne!"" 3. Hybridity and Transformation: Rauf Coilȝear, A Gest of Robin Hood, King Edward and the Hermit and The King and the Barker 4. Containment in the Early Modern Ballads: The King at the Keyhole. Conclusion. Appendix One: Early Analogues in Other Cultures, Chronicles, and Romance. Appendix Two: The King and Commoner Tradition on the Stage: ""Mingling Kinges and Clownes"". Appendix Three: Select King and Commoner Publication History"

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Mark Truesdale completed his PhD in 2016 at Cardiff University, producing a study of the fifteenth-century King and Commoner tradition and its early modern afterlife.

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