Ben Jonson, Renaissance Dramatist / / Sean McEvoy.
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McEvoy, Sean, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Ben Jonson, Renaissance Dramatist / Sean McEvoy. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2008 1 online resource (192 p.) : 5 B/W illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Renaissance Dramas and Dramatists : RDD Frontmatter -- 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748623020');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.The book integrates all of Jonson's major plays into the milieu of the turbulent years which produced them, and analyses the way each work examines the issues and challenges of those years: money, power, sex, crime, identity, gender, the theatre itself. It offers a lucid guide to the competing critical views of a playwright who is far more than the obverse of his friend and rival William Shakespeare, and it explains in detail how the undoubted power and energy of these plays in modern performance should be the touchstone of their quality to both critic and reader. The plays discussed include the early Comedies, the Roman Tragedies (Sejanus and Catiline), Volpone, Epicoene, The Alchemist, Bartholomew Fair and The Devil is an Ass. Key FeaturesThe book is an up-to-date introduction to all the major plays, covering the major criticism from a variety of critical perspectivesBen Jonson's skill as a writer of brilliantly theatrical drama is emphasised throughoutEach play is securely and informatively placed in its literary and historical contextThere is a lively account of how the plays have worked on stage in recent productions" Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) English drama. Literary Studies. LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 9783110780468 print 9780748623013 https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748629916 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780748629916 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780748629916/original |
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McEvoy, Sean, McEvoy, Sean, Ben Jonson, Renaissance Dramatist / Renaissance Dramas and Dramatists : RDD Frontmatter -- 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 |
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Frontmatter -- 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 |
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Frontmatter -- 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 |
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