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Mock Kings in Medieval Society and Renaissance Drama (Hardcover, New)
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Mock Kings in Medieval Society and Renaissance Drama (Hardcover, New)
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King-led outlaw defiance, riotous lords of misrule, proud midsummer
mock kings, and stately Inns-of-Court princes: in diverse ways all
were reflections of the dominant social order in the Medieval and
Tudor periods and, as this book shows, all influenced the writings
of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Mock Kings considers
kingship in the light of contemporary accounts of elected kings in
outlaw and rebel groups, and compares them with the phenomenon of
festive mock kings. The result is a complex picture of
interrelation between festive and more serious opposition to the
dominant order, as well as the discovery of a midsummer mock-king
play tradition. The second part of the book considers the
professional theatre from the late 1580s to the mid-Jacobean
period, and demonstrates that mock-king patterns, found in less
literary contexts, form the structure of many scripted plays. The
popularity of some of the minor dramas is understood for the first
time when their festive patterns are identified and, by contrast,
Shakespeare's genius in transforming inherited structures into
complex works of art is thrown into relief. The book shows that
serious reflection on the nature of kingship was maintained
throughout Renaissance drama.
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