The English clown tradition from the middle ages to Shakespeare /
From the late-medieval period through to the seventeenth century, English theatrical clowns carried a weighty cultural significance, only to have it stripped from them, sometimes violently, by the close of the Renaissance when the famed l̀icense' of fooli.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY :
D.S. Brewer,
2009.
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Colección: | Studies in Renaissance literature (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England) ;
v. 26. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | From the late-medieval period through to the seventeenth century, English theatrical clowns carried a weighty cultural significance, only to have it stripped from them, sometimes violently, by the close of the Renaissance when the famed l̀icense' of fooli. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-222) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781846157202 184615720X |
ISSN: | 1465-6310 ; |