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In Shakespeare and the Popular Voice Annabel Patterson challenges as counter-intuitive the common opinion that Shakespeare was anti-democratic, contemptuous of the crowd and an unfailing supporter of Elizabethan social hierarchy.

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Caviar or the general - "Hamlet" and the Popular Theater; the peasant's toe - popular culture and popular pressure; bottom's up - festive theory; back by popular demand, the two versions of "Henry V"; What Matter who's speaking? "Hamlet" and "King Lear"; "Speak, speak!" - the popular voice and the Jacobean state; "Thought is Free" - "The Tempest".

Shakespeare and Popular Voice

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 29/11/1989
      ISBN13: 9780631168737, 978-0631168737
      ISBN10: 0631168737
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      Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800 Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Shakespeare and the Popular Voice Annabel Patterson challenges as counter-intuitive the common opinion that Shakespeare was anti-democratic, contemptuous of the crowd and an unfailing supporter of Elizabethan social hierarchy.

      Table of Contents
      Caviar or the general - "Hamlet" and the Popular Theater; the peasant's toe - popular culture and popular pressure; bottom's up - festive theory; back by popular demand, the two versions of "Henry V"; What Matter who's speaking? "Hamlet" and "King Lear"; "Speak, speak!" - the popular voice and the Jacobean state; "Thought is Free" - "The Tempest".

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