Ben Jonson and the art of secrecy / William W.E. Slights.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Slights, William W. E., author.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637--Political and social views.

Jonson, Ben.

Secrecy in literature.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Politics and literature.

Literature and society--England--History--17th century.

Literature and society.

Communication in literature.

Conspiracies in literature.

Conversation in literature.

Dialogue.

Great Britain.

England.

Genre:

History.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, [Ontario] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Equally rejecting the position that Jonson was a renegade subverter of the arcana imperii and that he was a thorough-going court apologist, Slights finds that the playwright redraws the lines between private and public discourse for his own and subsequent ages.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Note on Texts

Introduction

1 Secret Places in Renaissance Drama

2 Mystifying the Tyrant and Enforcing the Text: Impossible Combinations in Sejanus

3 The Play of Conspiracies in Volpone

4 Private Lies, Public Notice: Epicoene and Theatrical Deception

5 The New Face of Secrecy in The Alchemist

6 Catiline's Conspiracy and the Problem of Containment

7 State-Decipherers and Politique Picklockes: Interpretation as Self-Replication in Bartholomew Fair

Conclusion

Notes

Works Cited

Index

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Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-5609-3

1-4426-2352-7

OCLC:

903441094