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Author: Max Pemberton Publisher: ISBN: Category : English fiction Languages : en Pages : 322
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Eight linked short stories of adventure, mystery and fantastic atmosphere (dwarfs, drugs, dreams, etc.), all centered around the figure of Corinne de Montesson, the king's favorite and an eccentric eighteenth-century French patroness of scientists, wits and vagabonds, in Paris of 1761.
Author: Vicki K. Janik Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 0313033579 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 571
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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 appearance, gender role, ethical and moral roles, social function, and relationship to such themes as nature, time, and mortality. The entry then discusses the critical reception of the subject and concludes with an extensive bibliography of general works.
Author: Mishka Jenkins Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781499725100 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 162
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An exquisite wedding gift. A husband whom she loves. A Jester who she craves. A Kingdom in peril. After receiving a beautiful emerald amulet at the celebrations of her wedding, new Queen Marie finds solace in the stunning, yet strange amulet. A warm comfort that fills the hole that her husband has left with his distance at her every affectionate touch. That is until the new Jester arrives, his presence fuelling in Marie an instant burning need. The more she finds herself drawn to the enigmatic man, the quicker she realises he is anything but the fool. Marie must make a choice, one that could not only affect her marriage and her life... But her entire Kingdom.
Author: Beatrice K. Otto Publisher: University of Chicago Press ISBN: 0226640914 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 444
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In this lively work, Beatrice K. Otto takes us on a journey around the world in search of one of the most colorful characters in history—the court jester. Though not always clad in cap and bells, these witty, quirky characters crop up everywhere, from the courts of ancient China and the Mogul emperors of India to those of medieval Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas. With a wealth of anecdotes, jokes, quotations, epigraphs, and illustrations (including flip art), Otto brings to light little-known jesters, highlighting their humanizing influence on people with power and position and placing otherwise remote historical figures in a more idiosyncratic, intimate light. Most of the work on the court jester has concentrated on Europe; Otto draws on previously untranslated classical Chinese writings and other sources to correct this bias and also looks at jesters in literature, mythology, and drama. Written with wit and humor, Fools Are Everywhere is the most comprehensive look at these roguish characters who risked their necks not only to mock and entertain but also to fulfill a deep and widespread human and social need.
Author: Lynn Edelman Schnurnberger
Author: Lynn Edelman Schnurnberger
Author: Max Pembertan
Author: Max Pemberton
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Author: Max Pemberton
Author: Vicki K. Janik
Author: Mishka Jenkins
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Author: Beatrice K. Otto