Ben Jonson, Renaissance dramatist
McEvoy, Sean, 1959-
Ben Jonson, Renaissance dramatist Sean McEvoy. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [(c)2008.] - 1 online resource (xiii, 178 pages) : illustrations. - Renaissance Dramatists . - Renaissance dramatists. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Life and culture -- The early comedies (1597-1601) -- The Roman tragedies: Sejanus (1603) and Catiline (1611) -- Volpone, or The fox (1605-6) -- Epicoene, or The silent woman (1609) -- The alchemist (1610) -- Bartholomew Fair (1614) -- The devil is an ass (1616) -- The late plays (1626-34).
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. It traces the sources of that phenomenon to Jonson?s vision of himself as a poet in the Roman tradition, and to his commitment to the sane and progressive ideals of humanism in a city where a rampant free-market and political authoritarianism made life conflicted, dangerous, and yet darkly, hilariously absurd. In his best plays, all of these forces are crafted into formal structures glittering with wit and pro.
9780748629916 0748629912
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 --Criticism and interpretation.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 --Criticism and interpretation.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
English drama.
Electronic Books.
PR2638
Ben Jonson, Renaissance dramatist Sean McEvoy. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [(c)2008.] - 1 online resource (xiii, 178 pages) : illustrations. - Renaissance Dramatists . - Renaissance dramatists. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Life and culture -- The early comedies (1597-1601) -- The Roman tragedies: Sejanus (1603) and Catiline (1611) -- Volpone, or The fox (1605-6) -- Epicoene, or The silent woman (1609) -- The alchemist (1610) -- Bartholomew Fair (1614) -- The devil is an ass (1616) -- The late plays (1626-34).
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. It traces the sources of that phenomenon to Jonson?s vision of himself as a poet in the Roman tradition, and to his commitment to the sane and progressive ideals of humanism in a city where a rampant free-market and political authoritarianism made life conflicted, dangerous, and yet darkly, hilariously absurd. In his best plays, all of these forces are crafted into formal structures glittering with wit and pro.
9780748629916 0748629912
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 --Criticism and interpretation.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 --Criticism and interpretation.
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637.
English drama.
Electronic Books.
PR2638