Shakespeare and the Popular Tradition in the Theater: Studies in the Social Dimension of Dramatic Form and FunctionCriticism based on literary or formalist conceptions of structure or on the history of ideas, Robert Weimann contends, has removed Shakespeare from the theater, and the theater from society at large. 'It is only when Elizabethan society, theater, and language are seen as interrelated that the structure of Shakespeare's dramatic art emerges as fully functional, that is, as part of a larger, and not only literary, whole.' |
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... true of the Morris dance , so closely connected with the late ritual element of rural ceremonials ; it was popular both amongst the common people and at court in the sixteenth century , and even Casti- glione praised it . The popular ...
... true of the Morris dance , so closely connected with the late ritual element of rural ceremonials ; it was popular both amongst the common people and at court in the sixteenth century , and even Casti- glione praised it . The popular ...
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... true need " ; the way the " tylthe of oure landys lyys falow " is not , as the gentlemen and their hangers - on say , " for the best . " The shepherds " fynde it contrary . ” It is this “ contrary ” vision that points to oppression as ...
... true need " ; the way the " tylthe of oure landys lyys falow " is not , as the gentlemen and their hangers - on say , " for the best . " The shepherds " fynde it contrary . ” It is this “ contrary ” vision that points to oppression as ...
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... true , thou art indeed . Iohn . Why , then , to teach you what prerogatiues mean , I commit you to the Fleete . ( 534-71 ) In this parody the delicate subject of princely prerogative is played out once more , but this time from a ...
... true , thou art indeed . Iohn . Why , then , to teach you what prerogatiues mean , I commit you to the Fleete . ( 534-71 ) In this parody the delicate subject of princely prerogative is played out once more , but this time from a ...
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