The Resource The king and commoner tradition : carnivalesque politics in medieval and early modern literature, by Mark Truesdale, (electronic resource)
The king and commoner tradition : carnivalesque politics in medieval and early modern literature, by Mark Truesdale, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- "King and Commoner tales were hugely popular across the late medieval and early modern periods, their cultural influence extending from Robin Hood ballads to Shakespearean national histories. This study represents the first detailed exploration of this rich and fascinating literary tradition, tracing its development across deeply politicized fifteenth-century comic tales and early modern ballads.The medieval King and Commoner tales depict an incognito king becoming lost in the forest and encountering a disgruntled commoner who complains of class oppression and poaches the king's deer. This is an upside-down world of tricksters, violence, and politicized feasting that critiques and deconstructs medieval hierarchy. The commoners of these tales utilize the inversion of the medieval carnival, crowning themselves as liminal mock kings in the forest while threatening to rend and devour a body politic that would oppress them. These tales are complex and ambiguous, reimagining the socio-political upheaval of the late medieval period in sophisticated rumination's on class relations. By contrast, the early modern ballads and chapbooks see the tradition undergo a conservative metamorphosis. Suppressing its more radical elements amid a celebration of proto-panoptical kings, the tradition remerges as royalist propaganda in which the king watches his thankful subjects through the keyhole."--Provided by publisher.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Isbn
- 9781351106665
- Label
- The king and commoner tradition : carnivalesque politics in medieval and early modern literature
- Title
- The king and commoner tradition
- Title remainder
- carnivalesque politics in medieval and early modern literature
- Statement of responsibility
- by Mark Truesdale
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "King and Commoner tales were hugely popular across the late medieval and early modern periods, their cultural influence extending from Robin Hood ballads to Shakespearean national histories. This study represents the first detailed exploration of this rich and fascinating literary tradition, tracing its development across deeply politicized fifteenth-century comic tales and early modern ballads.The medieval King and Commoner tales depict an incognito king becoming lost in the forest and encountering a disgruntled commoner who complains of class oppression and poaches the king's deer. This is an upside-down world of tricksters, violence, and politicized feasting that critiques and deconstructs medieval hierarchy. The commoners of these tales utilize the inversion of the medieval carnival, crowning themselves as liminal mock kings in the forest while threatening to rend and devour a body politic that would oppress them. These tales are complex and ambiguous, reimagining the socio-political upheaval of the late medieval period in sophisticated rumination's on class relations. By contrast, the early modern ballads and chapbooks see the tradition undergo a conservative metamorphosis. Suppressing its more radical elements amid a celebration of proto-panoptical kings, the tradition remerges as royalist propaganda in which the king watches his thankful subjects through the keyhole."--Provided by publisher.--
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- Truesdale, Mark,
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- 820.9001
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- non fiction
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- Outlaws in literature, history, and culture
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- Outlaws in literature
- Kings and rulers in literature
- English literature
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- The king and commoner tradition : carnivalesque politics in medieval and early modern literature, by Mark Truesdale, (electronic resource)
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- 9781351106665
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- The king and commoner tradition : carnivalesque politics in medieval and early modern literature, by Mark Truesdale, (electronic resource)
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- online resource
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
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- 9781351106696
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- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781351106665
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