Folk-lore of Shakespeare by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer

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Folk-lore of Shakespeare is a book by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer, first published in 1883. It is a comprehensive Victorian study that traces the folk beliefs, superstitions and popular customs echoed throughout Shakespeare’s plays and poems, examining topics from fairies and witches to omens, ghosts, plant-lore and rural customs. Thiselton-Dyer places Shakespeare firmly in the living cultural world of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, explaining obscure references and proverbial language by connecting them to contemporary oral tradition and customary practice. The book has long been used by students and readers seeking cultural and historical context for Shakespeare’s imagery and vocabulary, and remains a useful reference for anyone researching Elizabethan superstition, popular belief, or the folkloric background of specific passages.

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