Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture

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Shakespeare And Elizabethan Popular Culture is written by Neil Rhodes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1408143623 (ISBN 10) and 9781408143629 (ISBN 13).

While much has been written on Shakespeare's debt to the classical tradition, less has been said about his roots in the popular culture of his own time. This is the first book to explore the full range of his debts to Elizabethan popular culture. Topics covered include the mystery plays, festive custom, clowns, romance and popular fiction, folklore and superstition, everyday sayings, and popular songs. These essays show how Shakespeare, throughout his dramatic work, used popular culture. A final chapter, which considers ballads with Shakespearean connections in the seventeenth century, shows how popular culture immediately after his time used Shakespeare.