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The preaching fox : festive subversion in the plays of the Wakefield Master  Cover Image E-book E-book

The preaching fox : festive subversion in the plays of the Wakefield Master / Warren Edminster.

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  • ISBN: 9781135873127
  • ISBN: 1135873127
  • ISBN: 9780203942604
  • ISBN: 0203942604
  • ISBN: 9781135873134
  • ISBN: 1135873135
  • ISBN: 9781135873080
  • ISBN: 1135873089
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally published: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Chapter One Subversion and the Festive Instinct; Chapter Two Typical Festive Elements in the Plays; Chapter Three The Overthrow of Religious Obligation; Chapter Four The Shrewish Bride of Christ; Chapter Five Foolish Shepherds and Priestly Folly; Chapter Six Stripping Away the Wolf-Skin of False Shepherds; Chapter Seven Raging Kings and Clergy; Chapter Eight Christ as a Comic Figure; Conclusion A Festive Flavor; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Source of Description Note:
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 18, 2016).
Subject: Towneley plays.
Towneley plays.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English > History and criticism.
Literature and society > England > History > To 1500.
Political plays, English > History and criticism.
English drama (Comedy) > History and criticism.
Festivals > England > History > To 1500.
Satire, English > History and criticism.
Anti-clericalism in literature.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Social norms in literature.
Clergy in literature.
Church in literature.
DRAMA > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Anti-clericalism in literature.
Church in literature.
Clergy in literature.
English drama (Comedy)
Festivals.
Kings and rulers in literature.
Literature and society.
Mysteries and miracle-plays, English.
Political plays, English.
Satire, English.
Social norms in literature.
England.
Genre: Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.


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