Abstract
The inspiration for this paper came from the various erroneous comments that wrongly attribute the tune, ‘The Rogues March’, in its application as an accompaniment to the naval punishment ‘flogging around the fleet’, to the popular song- and opera-writer, Charles Dibdin. This paper will examine the true source of the tune, and the symbolic features it brings to instances of punishment and mockery across the armed services and in the general population too. This tune, and the symbolisms attached to it, seem to address the ‘from below’ aspect of this conference particularly well. I will also examine two other songs with established associations with punishment, even death: the ‘Dead March’ from Saul, and the oft-quoted doleful song, ‘Fortune my Foe’.
This paper is offered as part of a three-way panel with Dr. Kate Bowan and Prof. Paul Pickering. Our paper will meet with instances of rituals and punishments, and public theatre and spectacle, which were repeated across the expanding Anglophone world and were not exclusive to Britain’s shores.
This paper is offered as part of a three-way panel with Dr. Kate Bowan and Prof. Paul Pickering. Our paper will meet with instances of rituals and punishments, and public theatre and spectacle, which were repeated across the expanding Anglophone world and were not exclusive to Britain’s shores.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Unpublished - 2010 |
| Event | Writing the Empire: Scribblings from Below - Bristol, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Jun 2010 → 26 Jun 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | Writing the Empire: Scribblings from Below |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Bristol |
| Period | 24/06/10 → 26/06/10 |