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Elizabethan Grotesque

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The comic grotesque is a powerful element in a great deal of Elizabethan literature, but one which has attracted scant critical attention. In this study, first published in 1980, Neil Rhodes examines the nature of the grotesque in late sixteenth-century culture, and shows the part it played in the development of new styles of comic prose and drama in Elizabethan England. In defining 'grotesque', the author considers the stylistic techniques of Rabelais and Aretino, as well as the graphic arts. He discusses the use of the grotesque in Elizabethan pamphlet literature and the early satirical j
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
1 online resource (224 pages)
Contents
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Elizabethan comic prose and drama: a chronology; Part I; 1 Literary grotesque: a sixteenth-century background; 2 The low style in Elizabethan comic prose; 1 The low style and the grotesque; 2 Aretino and Nashe; 3 Comedy and violence in Elizabethan pamphlet literature; 4 Nashe and the beginning of satirical journalism; 1 Preaching and satire; 2 The school of Nashe; 5 The grotesque and satirical comedy; 1 Satire and the theatres; 2 Student drama
  • Dekker Middleton; Part II; 6 Shakespearean grotesque: the Falstaff plays; 1 Nashe and Shakespeare; 2 The drama of the body: Henry IV, part one; 3 The body purged: Henry IV, part two; 4 The death of Falstaff; 7 Jonsonian grotesque: Every Man Out of his Humour and Bartholomew Fair; 1 Lenten stuff; 2 The fatness of the fair; Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
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9781315753225
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Elizabethan Grotesque
Title
Elizabethan Grotesque
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Language
eng
Summary
The comic grotesque is a powerful element in a great deal of Elizabethan literature, but one which has attracted scant critical attention. In this study, first published in 1980, Neil Rhodes examines the nature of the grotesque in late sixteenth-century culture, and shows the part it played in the development of new styles of comic prose and drama in Elizabethan England. In defining 'grotesque', the author considers the stylistic techniques of Rabelais and Aretino, as well as the graphic arts. He discusses the use of the grotesque in Elizabethan pamphlet literature and the early satirical j
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EBLCP
Dewey number
820.91
Index
index present
LC call number
PR429.G76 R47 2014
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
Routledge Revivals
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Elizabethan Grotesque
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-202) and index
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online resource
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cr
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Elizabethan comic prose and drama: a chronology; Part I; 1 Literary grotesque: a sixteenth-century background; 2 The low style in Elizabethan comic prose; 1 The low style and the grotesque; 2 Aretino and Nashe; 3 Comedy and violence in Elizabethan pamphlet literature; 4 Nashe and the beginning of satirical journalism; 1 Preaching and satire; 2 The school of Nashe; 5 The grotesque and satirical comedy; 1 Satire and the theatres; 2 Student drama
  • Dekker Middleton; Part II; 6 Shakespearean grotesque: the Falstaff plays; 1 Nashe and Shakespeare; 2 The drama of the body: Henry IV, part one; 3 The body purged: Henry IV, part two; 4 The death of Falstaff; 7 Jonsonian grotesque: Every Man Out of his Humour and Bartholomew Fair; 1 Lenten stuff; 2 The fatness of the fair; Conclusion; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
Control code
ocn886110765
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource (224 pages)
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unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781315753225
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
Media type code
c
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not applicable
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.b37035186
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unknown
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unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
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  • (OCoLC)886110765
  • pebc1315753227
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