Ben Jonson, Renaissance dramatist / Sean McEvoy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McEvoy, Sean, 1959-

Series:

Renaissance Dramatists

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637--Criticism and interpretation.

Jonson, Ben.

English drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new guide to the English renaissance's most erudite and yet most street-wise dramatist strongly asserts the theatrical brilliance of his greatest plays in performance, then and now. It traces the sources of that phenomenon to Jonson's vision of himself as a poet in the Roman tradition, and to his commitment to the sane and progressive ideals of humanism in a city where a rampant free-market and political authoritarianism made life conflicted, dangerous, and yet darkly, hilariously absurd. In his best plays, all of these forces are crafted into formal structures glittering with wit and pro

Contents:

Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations used; Illustrations; Chronology; Introduction; 1. Life and Culture; 2. The Early Comedies (1597-1601); 3. The Roman Tragedies - Sejanus (1603) and Catiline (1611); 4. Volpone, or The Fox (1605-6); 5. Epicoene, or The Silent Woman (1609); 6. The Alchemist (1610); 7. Bartholomew Fair (1614); 8. The Devil is an Ass (1616); 9. The Late Plays (1626-34); Further Reading; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611357559

9781281357557

1281357553

9780748629916

0748629912

OCLC:

437209212