The king and commoner tradition : carnivalesque politics in medieval and early modern literature / Mark Truesdale.

Author/Creator:

Truesdale, Mark, author.

Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.

Series:

Outlaws in literature, history, and culture.
Outlaws in literature, history, and culture ; 4

Format/Description:

Book
225 pages ; 24 cm.

Subjects:

Outlaws in literature.
Kings and rulers in literature.
English literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and criticism.
English literature -- Middle English.

Form/Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents:

Introduction: "a rolle he had reading, / A bourde written therein he ffound"
Feasts and surveillance in King Edward and the shepherd: "wode has erys; fylde has si?t"
The carnivalesque and insurrection in John the reeve: "I will cracke thy crowne!"
Hybridity and transformation: Rauf Coil?ear, a gest of Robin Hood, King Edward and the hermit and The king and the barker
Containment in the early modern ballads: the king at the keyhole
Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other format:

Online version: Truesdale, Mark author. King and commoner tradition

ISBN:

9780815364764
0815364768

OCLC:

1007755182

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