The preaching fox : festive subversion in the plays of the Wakefield Master / Warren Edminster.
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TextSeries: Studies in medieval history and culturePublisher: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781135873127
- 1135873127
- 9780203942604
- 0203942604
- 9781135873134
- 1135873135
- 9781135873080
- 1135873089
- 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
- To 1500
- 822.009 23
- PR644.W3
Originally published: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 18, 2016).
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.
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