Ben Jonson
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-0-582-21506-1 (ISBN)
Description
Interest in Ben Jonson is higher today than at any time since his death. This new collection offers detailed readings of all the major plays - Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair - and the poems. It also provides significant insights into the court masques and the later plays which have only recently been rediscovered as genuinely engaging stage pieces.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
296 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-21506-1 (9780582215061)
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Person
Richard Dutton
Content
Acknowledgements vi 1 Introduction 1 2 D o n E. W a y n e Drama and Society in the Age of Jonson: An Alternative View 26 3 J o h n G . Sw e e n e y III Sejanus and the People's Beastly Rage 5 0 4 J o n a t h a n G o l d b e r g State Secrets 70 5 St a n l e y F i s h Authors-Readers: Jonson's Community of the Same 83 6 Ia n D o n a l d s o n Unknown Ends: Volpone 118 7 M a r y B e t h R o s e The Expense of Spirit 136 8 C h e r y l L y n n Ross The Plague of The Alchemist 149 9 J o n a t h a n H a y n e s Festivity and the Dramatic Economy of Jonson's Bartholomew Fair 167 10 M a r t i n B u t l e r Late Jonson 189 Further Reading 210 Index