Shakespeare's Festive History
Feasting, Festivity, Fasting and Lent in the Second Henriad
Will be published approx. on 30. September 2019
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978-1-138-71084-9 (ISBN)
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Title first published in 2003. The author of this study explores how Shakespeare creates historical characters who engineer their supremacy, shore up their popular support, and/or sustain their charisma through manipulation of festive elements, which are found throughout the tetralogy and rooted in the English cultural psyche.
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David Ruiter
Shakespeare's Festive History
Feasting, Festivity, Fasting and Lent in the Second Henriad
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12/2023
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Routledge
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David Arthur Ruiter
Shakespeare's Festive History
Feasting, Festivity, Fasting and Lent in the Second Henriad
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09/2003
Ashgate Publishing Limited
€88.09
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Contents: Shakespeare's festive history: an introduction; 'Awhile to work, and after holiday': Richard II and the roots of a festive history; 'What, is it time to jest and dally now?': Hal's creation of the feast of Falstaff in 1 Henry IV; 'The unquiet time' of 2 Henry IV: Festivity and order in Flux; 'The turning o' the tide': the Lent of Agincourt and the return of the feast in Henry V; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.