Becoming criminal : transversal performance and cultural dissidence in early modern England /

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"In this book Bryan Reynolds argues that early modern England experienced a sociocultural phenomenon, unprecedented in English history, which has been largely overlooked by historians and critics. Beginning in the 1520s, a distinct "criminal culture" of beggars, vagabonds, confidence...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reynolds, Bryan (Bryan Randolph)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
1500-1700
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Criminals in literature.
Literature and society > England > History > 16th century.
Literature and society > England > History > 17th century.
Crime > England > History > 16th century.
Crime > England > History > 17th century.
Romanies in literature.
Crime in literature.
Criminels dans la littérature.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 16e siècle.
Littérature et société > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Tsiganes dans la littérature.
Criminalité dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Crime
Crime in literature
Criminals in literature
English literature > Early modern
Literature and society
Romanies in literature
Social conditions
Literatuur.
Toneelstukken.
Schurken.
England > Social conditions > 16th century.
England > Social conditions > 17th century.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 16e siècle.
Angleterre > Conditions sociales > 17e siècle.
England
History
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER ONE State Power, Cultural Dissidence, Transversal Power
  • CHAPTER TWO Becoming Gypsy, Criminal Culture, Becoming Transversal
  • CHAPTER THREE Communal Departure, Criminal Language, Dissident Consolidation
  • CHAPTER FOUR Social Spatialization, Criminal Praxis, Transversal Movement
  • CHAPTER FIVE Antitheatrical Discourse, Transversal Theater, Criminal Intervention
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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