Licensed by Authority : Ben Jonson and the Discourses of Censorship / Richard Burt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burt, Richard, 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637--Censorship.

Jonson, Ben.

Drama--Censorship--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Drama.

Theater--Censorship--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Theater.

England.

Local Subjects:

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A dramatist whose own works were repeatedly censored early in his career and who later stood in succession to become the court censor himself, Ben Jonson embodies the contradictions and complexities of theater censorship in the early Stuart period. Focusing on Jonson's writings and the political vicissitudes of his career, Richard Burt offers a provocative reinterpretation of Jacobean and Caroline theater censorship and theatrical culture.Informed by the writings of Foucault and Bourdieu, Licensed by Authority historicizes censorship, arguing that it was less a matter of denying dramatists liberty of speech than a network of productive strategies for legitimating and delegitimating specific discursive practices. Burt draws on a rich body of archival and literary evidence, including plays by Shakespeare and by Jonson's Caroline contemporaries, in order to demonstrate that censorship was nurtured and sustained not only by a culturally diverse Stuart court but also by the playwrights themselves, along with theatrical entrepreneurs, printers, poets, and critics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER ONE. Branding the Body, Burning the Book: Censorship, Criticism, and the Consumption of Jonson's Corpus

CHAPTER TWO. Licensing Authorities: Jonson, Shakespeare, and the Politics of Theatrical Professionalism

CHAPTER THREE. Th'Only Catos of This Critick Age: Late Jonson and the Reformation of Caroline Tastes

CONCLUSION.

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781501722424

1501722425

OCLC:

1083583552