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BL
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693514
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b515703
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| Main Entry
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Hornback, Robert.
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| Title & Author
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The English clown tradition from the middle ages to Shakespeare /\ Robert Hornback.
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| Publication Statement
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Woodbridge, Suffolk ;Rochester, NY :: D.S. Brewer,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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Studies in Renaissance literature,; v. 26
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xiii, 240 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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1843842009 (hbk.)
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: 9781843842002 (hbk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-222) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction. Unearthing Yoricks : literary archeology and the ideologies of early English clowning -- Folly as proto-racism : blackface in the "natural" fool tradition -- "Sports and follies against the Pope" : Tudor evangelical lords of misrule -- "Verie devout asses" : ignorant Puritan clowns -- The fool "by art" : the all-licensed "artificial" fool in the King Lear quarto -- Epilogue. License revoked : ending an era.
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Shakespeare, William,1564-1616-- Characters-- Clowns.
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Clowns in literature.
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Clowns-- England-- History-- 16th century.
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Clowns-- England-- History-- 17th century.
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Comic, The, in literature.
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English drama (Comedy)-- History and criticism.
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English drama-- 17th century-- History and criticism.
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English drama-- Early modern and Elizabethan, 1500-1600-- History and criticism.
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Fools and jesters in literature.
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Theater-- England-- History-- 16th century.
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Theater-- England-- History-- 17th century.
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| Dewey Classification
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822.309352
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| LC Classification
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PR658.C6H67 2009
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