Pageantry and power : a cultural history of the early modern Lord Mayor's Show, 1585-1639
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Pageantry and power : a cultural history of the early modern Lord Mayor's Show, 1585-1639
Manchester University Press, 2010
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [345]-378) and index
This paperback edition first published 2013
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780719080104
Description
Pageantry and Power is the first full and in-depth cultural history of the Lord Mayor's Show in the early modern period. It provides new insight into the culture and history of the London of Shakespeare's time and beyond.
Central to the cultural life of London, the Lord Mayor's Shows were high-profile and lavish entertainments produced by some of the most talented writers of the time. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, Pageantry and Power explores various important factors, including the relationship between the printed texts of the Shows and actual events.
This full-scale study of the civic works of important writers enhances our understanding of their other, often better-known, dramatic works contributing to a fuller estimation of their literary careers.
This book is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of early modern literature, drama, history, civic culture, pageantry, urban studies, cultural geography, book history, as well as the interested general reader. -- .
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of figures
1. 'From low-obscure Beginnings raysde to Fame': critical and historical
contexts of the Lord Mayor's Show
2. 'Our devices for that solemne and Iouiall daye': the writers, artificers, and
the livery companies
3. 'A day of well Compos'd Variety of Speach and shew': bringing the Shows to
life
4. 'A briefe narration of each seuerall shew': the Show from street to print
5. 'To prune and dresse the Tree of Gouernment': political and contemporary
contexts of the Shows
Appendix: the Lord Mayor's Shows, 1585 - 1639: summary
Bibliography
Index -- .
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: pbk ISBN 9780719090127
Description
Pageantry and power is the first full and in-depth cultural history of the Lord Mayor's Show in the early modern period. It provides new insight into the culture and history of the London of Shakespeare's time and beyond.
Central to the cultural life of London, the Lord Mayor's Shows were high-profile and lavish entertainments produced by some of the most talented writers of the time. Employing an interdisciplinary approach, Pageantry and power explores various important factors, including the relationship between the printed texts of the Shows and actual events.
This full-scale study of the civic works of important writers enhances our understanding of their other, often better-known, dramatic works contributing to a fuller estimation of their literary careers.
This book is an invaluable resource for scholars and students of early modern literature, drama, history, civic culture, pageantry, urban studies, cultural geography, book history, as well as the interested general reader.
Pageantry and power won the 2011 David Bevington Award for the Best New Book in Early Drama Studies. -- .
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of figures
1. 'From low-obscure Beginnings raysde to Fame': critical and historical
contexts of the Lord Mayor's Show
2. 'Our devices for that solemne and Iouiall daye': the writers, artificers, and
the livery companies
3. 'A day of well Compos'd Variety of Speach and shew': bringing the Shows to
life
4. 'A briefe narration of each seuerall shew': the Show from street to print
5. 'To prune and dresse the Tree of Gouernment': political and contemporary
contexts of the Shows
Appendix: the Lord Mayor's Shows, 1585 - 1639: summary
Bibliography
Index -- .
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