The Politics of Mirth
Subtitle: Jonson, Herrick, Milton, Marvell, and the Defense of Old Holiday Pastimes
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: March 23, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780226504520
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; English; Literary Criticism; Politics/International Relations; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; General; Political Science / General
First sentence: John Selden, a shrewd observer of his times, claimed that "Ceremony keeps up all things; 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water will be spilt, the spirits lost."