Tag: Topsy Turvy

• October 13, 2011

  DIY Thursday: Carnivalesquing the grocery store

  Bartholomew Fair As epitomized in Ben Jonson’s comedy Bartholomew Fayre (1614), the fair was a week-long carnival of commerce, pleasure-seeking, marvels, and delights. In Jonson’s rendering, the meaningful social order was also overturned for a time, with the high being brought low and the low high. For us, the lesson is that social status, good reputation, and…