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The Politics of Mirth: Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Marvell, and the Defense of Old Holiday Pastimes [Hardcover]

Leah Sinanoglou Marcus (Author)


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December 1986
"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
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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  • Hardcover: 328 pages
  • Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx) (December 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0226504514
  • ISBN-13: 978-0226504513
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,981,324 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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John Selden, a shrewd observer of his times, claimed that "Ceremony keeps up all things; 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water will be spilt, the spirits lost." Read the first page
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old calendar customs, maying season, public mirth, country jollity, maying customs, old holiday customs, first antimasque, second antimasque, main masque, old pastimes, public pastimes, traditional pastimes, owne place, holiday pastimes, country pastimes, holy dayes, civic pageantry, court masque
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Book of Sports, May Day, Bartholomew Fair, King James, Earl of Bridgewater, Love Restored, Attendant Spirit, Pleasure Reconciled, The Vision of Delight, Ben Jonson, Nun Appleton, Christmas His Masque, King Charles, Upon Appleton House, Coelum Britannicum, Council of Wales, Inigo Jones, Robin Goodfellow, Lord Mayor, Star Chamber, Adam Overdo, Basilikon Doron, Damon the Mower, Queen Elizabeth, President of Wales
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