Laura Caroline Stevenson

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Praise and Paradox: Merchants and Craftsmen in Elizabethan Popular LiteratureHardcover, 22 February 1985

Praise and Paradox: Merchants and Craftsmen in Elizabethan Popular Literature
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Part of Series
Past and Present Publications
Part of Series
Cambridge Classical Texts and Commentaries
Print Length
266 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Date Published
22 Feb 1985
ISBN-10
0521265061
ISBN-13
9780521265065

Description

Praise and Paradox explores the relationship of language, literary structure, and social ideology in the popular Elizabethan literature that praised merchants, industrialists and craftsmen. Part I defines a canon of 296 popular vernacular works, relates the increasing popularity of tales about tradesmen to the development of the English economy and the expansion of the Elizabethan audience, and discusses the social origins of the popular authors. Part II is concerned with the change of the merchant's literary image from that of a greedy usurer to that of a 'businessman in armour' who defended his monarch on the battlefield and entertained princes at lavish banquets. Part III discusses the change in the literary image of the craftsman, who ceased to be a clown or a rebel and became a 'gentle craftsman' who fought bravely on the battlefield when necessary but was happier in his humble shop, where he sang, danced, and courted pretty girls.

Product Details

Author:
Laura Caroline Stevenson
Book Format:
Hardcover
Date Published:
22 February 1985
Dimensions:
21.59 x 13.79 x 1.91 cm
Genre:
British
ISBN-10:
0521265061
ISBN-13:
9780521265065
Language:
English
Location:
Cambridge
Pages:
266
Weight:
421.84 gm

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