02797nam 2200613Ia 450 991077704950332120230721031216.01-281-35755-397866113575590-7486-2991-210.1515/9780748629916(CKB)1000000000412421(EBL)343577(OCoLC)437209212(SSID)ssj0000110233(PQKBManifestationID)11139016(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110233(PQKBWorkID)10064329(PQKB)11419799(MiAaPQ)EBC343577(Au-PeEL)EBL343577(CaPaEBR)ebr10435265(CaONFJC)MIL135755(DE-B1597)616435(DE-B1597)9780748629916(OCoLC)1302164921(EXLCZ)99100000000041242120080218d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBen Jonson, Renaissance dramatist[electronic resource] /Sean McEvoyEdinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20081 online resource (193 p.)Renaissance DramatistsDescription based upon print version of record.0-7486-2301-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Copyright; 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; IndexThis 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 proRenaissance DramatistsEnglish dramaEnglish drama.822.3McEvoy Sean1959-855441MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777049503321Ben Jonson, Renaissance dramatist3806126UNINA