The History of Morris Dancing, 1438-1750
Seiten
1999
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-0-8020-0921-0 (ISBN)
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-0-8020-0921-0 (ISBN)
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Morris dancing, one of the more peculiar of the English folk customs, has been greatly misunderstood. Traditional scholarship on this custom has been based on the assumption that morris dancing is one of the pagan calendar rituals, a preconception held by many folklorists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Now, building upon his previous work with Michael Heaney of the Bodleian Library in Annals of Early Morris, John Forrest carefully analyses a wealth of evidence to show that morris dancing does not, in fact have pagan or ancient origins. His examination of early documentation draws morris traditions into the wider area of communal customs and public celebrations, showing the passage of dance ideas between groups of people who until now have been considered folklorically distinct.
Careful, detailed, and encyclopedic, The History of Morris Dancing, 1458-1750 is an essential reference work for specialists in English drama and social historians of the period.
Now, building upon his previous work with Michael Heaney of the Bodleian Library in Annals of Early Morris, John Forrest carefully analyses a wealth of evidence to show that morris dancing does not, in fact have pagan or ancient origins. His examination of early documentation draws morris traditions into the wider area of communal customs and public celebrations, showing the passage of dance ideas between groups of people who until now have been considered folklorically distinct.
Careful, detailed, and encyclopedic, The History of Morris Dancing, 1458-1750 is an essential reference work for specialists in English drama and social historians of the period.
John Forrest is Professor of Anthropology, State University of New York at Purchase. He is also co-author of Annals of Early Morris with Michael Heaney and the author of Morris and Matachin: A Study in Comparative Choreography.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.12.1999 |
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Reihe/Serie | Studies in Early English Drama |
Verlagsort | Toronto |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 163 x 236 mm |
Gewicht | 820 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Tanzen / Tanzsport | |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8020-0921-2 / 0802009212 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8020-0921-0 / 9780802009210 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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