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Fool Characters

Fool Characters is a literary construct in Elizabethan drama denoting a stock role within the dramatis personae that embodies a paradoxical blend of apparent folly and incisive wit, thereby serving as a subversive commentator on social hierarchies and human nature.

31

Publications

1.1K

Citations

40

Authors

12

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1

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Publications

31

Heroes, Villains and Fools, as Agents of Social Control

Orrin E. Klapp · American Sociological Review · 1954 · 126 citations

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Heroes, Villains, and Fools: The Changing American Character.

Howard S. Becker, Orrin E. Klapp · American Sociological Review · 1962 · 109 citations · Full text

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Internet Memes as Partial Stories: Identifying Political Narratives in Coronavirus Memes

Constance de Saint Laurent, Vlad Petre Glăveanu, Ioana Literat · Social Media + Society · 2021 · 98 citations · Full text

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Fools are everywhere: the court jester around the world

Choice Reviews Online · 2001 · 88 citations

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Fools and Other Stories

Rose Moss, Njabulo S. Ndebele · World Literature Today · 1986 · 74 citations

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Authors

40

  1. JH
    June Hall Martin

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  2. OE
    Orrin E. Klapp

    Western University, Canada

    2 publications · 235 citations

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  3. RM
    Rose Moss

    1 publications · 74 citations

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  4. PE
    Philip E. Bennett

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  5. GH
    Glenn H. Blayney

    Wayne State University, United States

    1 publications · 21 citations

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Institutions

12

  1. Old Dominion University

    Norfolk, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  2. Schlumberger (Ireland)

    Dublin, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  3. Methodist Theological School in Ohio

    Delaware, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  4. Dominion University College

    Accra, Ghana

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  5. Webster University Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    98 citations

  6. University of Sunderland

    Sunderland, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  7. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  8. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    98 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 150 citations

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  2. The Modern Language Review

    3 publications · 43 citations

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  3. Shakespeare Quarterly

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  4. American Sociological Review

    ASR · 2 publications · 235 citations

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  5. Asian Folklore Studies

    1 publications · 71 citations

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