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Carnival and theater : plebeian culture and the structure of authority in Renaissance England

Print Book, English, 1985
Methuen, New York, 1985
Criticism, interpretation, etc
237 pages ; 24 cm
9780416350708, 0416350704
12103883
Playing the old works historically
The social function of festivity
Carnival and plebeian culture
Travesty and social order
Butchers and fishmongers
'A complete exit from the present order of life'
Authority and the author function
The dialectic of laughter
Clowning and devilment
Wedding feast and charivari
Treating death as a laughing matter
The festive agon: the politics of Carnival