Poetaster, or, the arraignment ; Sejanus his fall ; the Devil is an ass ; the new inn, or, the light heart / Ben Jonson ; edited with an introduction and notes by Margaret Jane Kidnie ; general editor, Michael Cordner ; associate general editors, Peter Holland, Martin Wiggins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.

Contributor:

Kidnie, Margaret Jane

Cordner, Michael

Holland, Peter, 1951-

Wiggins, Martin

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford English drama

Oxford world's classics

Standardized Title:

Plays. Selections

Language:

English

Physical Description:

xliii, 529 pages ; 20 cm.

Other Title:

Poetaster

Arraignment

Devil is an ass and other plays

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Summary:

A quintesstential selection of the dramatic work of Ben Jonson, this edition features the plays Poetaster, Sejanus, The Devil is An Ass, and New Inn. Jonson's work is renowned for its wit and biting religions and social commentary these four plays are no exception. The plays featured in this edition have been freshly edited from the earliest printed texts. The introduction focuses on the interaction between poet and state authority, and the need for new productions of these rarely performed classics from our dramatic heritage.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxviii-xl).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Contains:

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Sejanus his fall.

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. Devil is an ass.

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637. New inn, or, the light heart.

Sejanus his fall.

Devil is an ass.

New inn, or, the light heart.

ISBN:

0198132298

OCLC:

44632971