Jonson and the Psychology of Public Theater : : To Coin the Spirit, Spend the Soul / / John Gordon Sweeney.

This book is a study of Ben Jonson's relationship with his audience in the public theater, as the relationship changed in the course of his career from the comical satires to Bartholomew Fair.Originally published in 1984.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1984
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 619
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Physical Description:1 online resource (258 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction. The Self-Seeking Spectator
  • Chapter One. The Comical Satires
  • Chapter Two. Sejanus: The People's Beastly Rage
  • Chapter Three. Volpone: "Fooles, They Are the Onely Nation Worth Mens Envy, or Admiration."
  • Chapter Four. Epicene: "I'le Doe Good To No Man Against His Will."
  • Chapter Five. The Alchemist: "Yet I Put My Selfe on You"
  • Chapter Six. Bartholomew Fair: Jonson's Masque for the Multitude
  • Chapter Seven. Beyond Bartholomew Fair
  • Conclusion. The Theater of Self-Interest
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Backmatter