The Politics of Mirth
Author | : Leah S. Marcus |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1989-03-23 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780226504520 |
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"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