The Politics of Mirth: Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Marvell, and the Defense of Old Holiday Pastimes

by Leah Sinanoglou Marcus

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226504522
• ISBN13: 9780226504520
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 10.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"