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- catalog abstract ""The vagrant poor of Renaissance England have acquired a patina of comic good humor and a reputation as sturdy rogues who were adept at living on the fringes of society. Unearthing the sources as well as the effects of this reputation, Linda Woodbridge shows that the prevailing image of the vagrant poor was essentially a literary fabrication pressed into the service of specific social and political agendas." "Looking at texts such as Thomas Harman's influential Caveat for Common Cursetors, Vulgarly Called Vagabonds, Till Eulenspiegel's A Man Called Howlglas, and Walter Smith's Twelve Merry Jests of the Widow Edith, Woodbridge identifies a well-established literary tradition of treating vagrants as comic figures. This literary practice, she maintains, has informed both the legal and the historical treatment of vagrancy, erasing pity and compassion for the homeless by depicting them as robust, resourceful, conniving tricksters. Her study culminates in a close look at one literary work that does invoke compassion for the homeless, placeless poor: Shakespeare's King Lear."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12065221.
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""The vagrant poor of Renaissance England have acquired a patina of comic good humor and a reputation as sturdy rogues who were adept at living on the fringes of society. Unearthing the sources as well as the effects of this reputation, Linda Woodbridge shows that the prevailing image of the vagrant poor was essentially a literary fabrication pressed into the service of specific social and political agendas." "Looking at texts such as Thomas Harman's influential Caveat for Common Cursetors, Vulgarly Called Vagabonds, Till Eulenspiegel's A Man Called Howlglas, and Walter Smith's Twelve Merry Jests of the Widow Edith, Woodbridge identifies a well-established literary tradition of treating vagrants as comic figures. This literary practice, she maintains, has informed both the legal and the historical treatment of vagrancy, erasing pity and compassion for the homeless by depicting them as robust, resourceful, conniving tricksters. Her study culminates in a close look at one literary work that does invoke compassion for the homeless, placeless poor: Shakespeare's King Lear."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Death by lack of cherishing : vagrancy and the work of Thomas Harman -- Holiness and homelessness, or, Joke books and the English Reformation -- More matter for mirth : humanism against the homeless -- Homelessness on the home front : monarchy, nation building, and domesticity -- Policing the boundaries of shame : hygiene, civility, and homelessness -- Lear, the homeless king.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "338 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0252026330 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog spatial "England.".
- catalog subject "820.9/35206942 21".
- catalog subject "English literature Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Homeless persons in literature.".
- catalog subject "Homelessness in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR428.R63 W66 2001".
- catalog subject "Renaissance England.".
- catalog subject "Rogues and vagabonds in literature.".
- catalog subject "Vagrancy in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Death by lack of cherishing : vagrancy and the work of Thomas Harman -- Holiness and homelessness, or, Joke books and the English Reformation -- More matter for mirth : humanism against the homeless -- Homelessness on the home front : monarchy, nation building, and domesticity -- Policing the boundaries of shame : hygiene, civility, and homelessness -- Lear, the homeless king.".
- catalog title "Vagrancy, homelessness, and English Renaissance literature / Linda Woodbridge.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".