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Westport CT: Greenwood Press, Date: 1998. Very bright clean hardcover NO dustwrapper, small marks to front and back boards where price stickers have been removed.. Very informative text on fools and jesters through the ages.552 pages A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 24 Cms X 16.5 Cms. Hardcover. 1998. Greenwood Press ISBN 0313297851 9780313297854 [GB]
ISBN10: 0313297851, ISBN13: 9780313297854, [publisher: Greenwood Press, Westport CT] Hardcover First Edition Westport CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. Very bright clean hardcover NO dustwrapper, small marks to front and back boards where price stickers have been removed. Very informative text on fools and jesters through the ages.552 pages A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . First Edition. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 24 Cms X 16.5 Cms. Hardcover. [West Molesey, Surrey, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1998]
Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Fools and Jesters in Literature, Art, and History: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. ISBN 0313297851 9780313297854 [GB]
Hardback. New. and cultural and mythological figures, such as India's Birbal, the American circus clown, the Native American Coyote, Taishu Engeki of Japan, Hephaestus, Loki the Norse fool, schlimiels and schlimazels, and the drag queen. The entries, written by expert contributors, are critical as well as informative. ISBN 0313297851 9780313297854 [GB]
ISBN10: 0313297851, ISBN13: 9780313297854, [publisher: Bloomsbury 3PL] Hardcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Jesters and fools have existed as important and consistent figures in nearly all cultures. Sometimes referred to as clowns, they are typological characters who have conventional roles in the arts, often using nonsense to subvert existing order. But fools are also a part of social and religious history, and they frequently play key roles in the rituals that support and shape a society's system of beliefs. This reference book includes alphabetically arranged entries for approximately 60 fools and jesters from a wide range of cultures. Included are entries for performers from American popular culture, such as Woody Allen, Mae West, Charlie Chaplin, and the Marx Brothers; literary characters, such as Shakespeare's Falstaff, Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, and Singer's Gimpel; and cultural and mythological figures, such as India's Birbal, the American circus clown, the Native American Coyote, Taishu Engeki of Japan, Hephaestus, Loki the Norse fool, schlimiels and schlimazels, and the drag queen.The entries, written by expert contributors, are critical as well as informative. Each begins with a biographical, artistic, religious, or historical background section, which places the subject within a larger cultural and historical context. A description and analysis follow. This section may include a ...
ISBN10: 0313297851, ISBN13: 9780313297854, [publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Westport] Hardcover Hardcover. Jesters and fools have existed as important and consistent figures in nearly all cultures. Sometimes referred to as clowns, they are typological characters who have conventional roles in the arts, often using nonsense to subvert existing order. But fools are also a part of social and religious history, and they frequently play key roles in the rituals that support and shape a society's system of beliefs. This reference book includes alphabetically arranged entries for approximately 60 fools and jesters from a wide range of cultures. Included are entries for performers from American popular culture, such as Woody Allen, Mae West, Charlie Chaplin, and the Marx Brothers; literary characters, such as Shakespeare's Falstaff, Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel, and Singer's Gimpel; and cultural and mythological figures, such as India's Birbal, the American circus clown, the Native American Coyote, Taishu Engeki of Japan, Hephaestus, Loki the Norse fool, schlimiels and schlimazels, and the drag queen.The entries, written by expert contributors, are critical as well as informative. Each begins with a biographical, artistic, religious, or historical background section, which places the subject within a larger cultural and historical context. A description and analysis follow. This section may include a discussion of the fool's ...
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