02909nam 2200673Ia 450 991096262790332120200520144314.09786611357559978128135755712813575539780748629916074862991210.1515/9780748629916(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(Perlego)1708691(EXLCZ)99100000000041242120080218d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBen Jonson, Renaissance dramatist /Sean McEvoy1st ed.Edinburgh Edinburgh University Pressc20081 online resource (193 p.)Renaissance DramatistsDescription based upon print version of record.9780748623013 0748623019 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 Sean1959-855441MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962627903321Ben Jonson, Renaissance dramatist4361870UNINA