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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| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Acknowledgements
- Induction
- Chapter 1: BEN JONSON AND HIS SOURCES
- Classical literary sources (Decorum, the comedies of Plautus and Terence, the Ridiculous)
- Medieval Sources: Mystery, Morality and Interlude
- The Great Chain and Man as Microcosm
- Ancient medical theory and Renaissance psychology
- The character sketch
- Early Humour plays (George Chapman, Henry Porter)
- Chapter 2: HUMOROUS CHARACTERIZATION IN THE COMEDIES OF BEN JONSON
- In humour
- Out of humour
- Volpone, Epicoene, The Alchemist, Bartholomew Fair
- Chapter 3: THE INFLUENCE OF JONSON ON SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTHCENTURY COMEDY
- Richard Brome
- James Shirley
- Thomas Shadwell
- Colley Cibber
- The Sons of Ben
- Margareth Cavendish
- Aphra Behn
- James Miller
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Chapter 4: THE INTRUSION OF HUMOROUS CHARACTERIZATION INTO THE ENGLISH NOVEL
- Henry Fielding
- Tobias Smollett
- Chapter 5: THE MEANING OF THE COMIC
- Chapter 6: NOMADIC HUMOURS
- Introduction
- Where did the humours go
- Berlin 1900
- Fabulous
- Hilarious
- An ever-closer union
- Identity mix-up
- Chameleon
- An exchange of notes
- Visiting card
- Holy See
- Sisyphean diplomatic challenge
- Laughter above
- The laughing philosopher
- Chapter 7: UNCONSCIOUS REVELATION
- Postscript
- Index