The Fool and the trickster
Subtitle: studies in honour of Enid Welsford
By: edited by Paul V. A. Williams.
Contributors: Welsford, Enid.; Williams, Paul V. A.
Publisher: D. S. Brewer; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1979
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]; Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Welsford, Enid.; Fools and jesters in literature.; Tricksters in literature.; Fools and jesters.; Tricksters.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Davidson, H. R. E. Loki and Saxo's Hamlet.; title: Gifford, D. J. Iconographical notes towards a definition of the medieval fool.; title: Billington, S. "Suffer fools gladly": the fool in medieval England and the play Mankind.; title: Gill, R. "... such conceits as clownage keeps in pay": comedy and Dr. Faustus.; title: Mallett, P. Shakespeare's trickster-kings: Richard III and Henry V.; title: Bradshaw, G. Ted Hughes' "Crow" as trickster-hero.; title: Williams, P. V. A. Exú: the master and the slave in Afro-Brazilian religion.