The Wit of Ale, The Genius of Malt”: Early Modern Alehouse and Tavern Culture
GEMCS 2003: History, Authority, Performance
Newport Beach, CA
October 23-26, 2003
This interdisciplinary panel, broadly conceived, seeks to explore
figurations of alehouses and taverns in the cultural imaginary of early
modern England. How does the alehouse function as a cultural space
relative to other spaces in the early modern city or town? What authors,
characters, or sociological types are aligned (or align themselves) with
alehouses and why? Furthermore, what is their relationship to “higher”
cultural modes and locations?
We welcome papers that address these questions and more from a variety of
perspectives, including:
· Representations of alehouses and taverns in drama, verse, or popular prose genres like cony-catching pamphlets
· Literary genres associated with the alehouse, such as ballads
· Hospitality
· Leisure
· Business
· Games and gambling
· Cultural prescriptions for or against drink
· Authors or characters associated with drink, alehouses, and/or taverns
Send abstracts (email only, please) to Laurie Ellinghausen, Department of
English, University of California, Santa Barbara, LME1@UMAIL.UCSB.EDU, by
Sunday, April 29, 2003.
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