An Image of the Times : : An Irreverent Companion to Ben Jonson’s Four Humours and the Art of Diplomacy / / Nils-Johan Jørgensen.

Here is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding – leading in the second half to some glorious insights and observations provided by author’s life experienc...

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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t CONTENTS --   |t Acknowledgements --   |t Induction --   |t Chapter 1: BEN JONSON AND HIS SOURCES --   |t Classical literary sources (Decorum, the comedies of Plautus and Terence, the Ridiculous) --   |t Medieval Sources: Mystery, Morality and Interlude --   |t The Great Chain and Man as Microcosm --   |t Ancient medical theory and Renaissance psychology --   |t The character sketch --   |t Early Humour plays (George Chapman, Henry Porter) --   |t Chapter 2: HUMOROUS CHARACTERIZATION IN THE COMEDIES OF BEN JONSON --   |t In humour --   |t Out of humour --   |t Volpone, Epicoene, The Alchemist, Bartholomew Fair --   |t Chapter 3: THE INFLUENCE OF JONSON ON SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTHCENTURY COMEDY --   |t Richard Brome --   |t James Shirley --   |t Thomas Shadwell --   |t Colley Cibber --   |t The Sons of Ben --   |t Margareth Cavendish --   |t Aphra Behn --   |t James Miller --   |t Oliver Goldsmith --   |t Richard Brinsley Sheridan --   |t Chapter 4: THE INTRUSION OF HUMOROUS CHARACTERIZATION INTO THE ENGLISH NOVEL --   |t Henry Fielding --   |t Tobias Smollett --   |t Chapter 5: THE MEANING OF THE COMIC --   |t Chapter 6: NOMADIC HUMOURS --   |t Introduction --   |t Where did the humours go --   |t Berlin 1900 --   |t Fabulous --   |t Hilarious --   |t An ever-closer union --   |t Identity mix-up --   |t Chameleon --   |t An exchange of notes --   |t Visiting card --   |t Holy See --   |t Sisyphean diplomatic challenge --   |t Laughter above --   |t The laughing philosopher --   |t Chapter 7: UNCONSCIOUS REVELATION --   |t Postscript --   |t Index 
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520 |a Here is a witty and learned literary excursion into the world of humour and comic literature as revealed inter alia by the works of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Oliver Goldsmith and Henry Fielding – leading in the second half to some glorious insights and observations provided by author’s life experience in the world of diplomacy. It is a rich and fascinating mix of literary idiom, the theatre of the absurd and the comic element of the human condition. 
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650 0 |a Comedies of humours. 
650 0 |a Jonson, Ben, -- 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation. 
650 0 |a Jonson, Ben, -- 1573?-1637 -- Influence. 
650 4 |a Asian Studies. 
650 4 |a Diplomacy. 
650 4 |a Literary Theory, Criticism, and History. 
650 4 |a Political science and theory. 
650 4 |a Politics and Government. 
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653 |a diplomatic dilemmas. 
653 |a history-literature-diplomacy. 
653 |a humour. 
653 |a literary idiom. 
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