| The Politics of Mirth: Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Marvell, and the Defense of Old Holiday Pastimes Contributor(s): Marcus, Leah S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226504522 ISBN-13: 9780226504520 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1989 Annotation: The present study will focus on a marginal group of ceremonies related to the rites of church and state but practiced only sporadically in the seventeenth century--the traditional popular pastimes associated with seasonal holidays like Christmas, May Day, Whitsuntide, St. Bartholomew's Day and Michaelmas. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Political Science |
| Dewey: 820.935 |
| LCCN: 86007133 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.93" W x 9.01" (0.80 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Leah Marcus's The Politics of Mirth: Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Marvell, and the Defense of Old Holiday Pastimes is a fascinating study of why James and Charles promoted some types of rural sport and festival and of how certain literary texts participated in promoting or critiquing royal policy. . . . Marcus provocatively links texts not often studied in conjunction with one another, and she provides strong and detailed readings of those texts.--Jean E. Howard |