The Hybridity of Popular Culture in The Winter’s Tale
In his foreword to The Faithful Shepherdess (1609), John Fletcher blames the crass popular tastes of his theatre audiences for failing to respond properly to the new genre of tragicomedy. Shakespeare was careful to make no such mistake. In The Winter’s Tale, he makes Perdita “the queen of curds and...
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| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche "Texte et Critique de Texte"
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Sillages Critiques |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/sillagescritiques/2371 |