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Ben Jonson and the art of secrecy / / William W.E. Slights



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Autore: Slights William W. E. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Ben Jonson and the art of secrecy / / William W.E. Slights Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1994
©1994
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
Disciplina: 822/.3
Soggetto topico: Secrecy in literature
Politics and literature - Great Britain - History - 17th century
Literature and society - England - History - 17th century
Communication in literature
Conspiracies in literature
Conversation in literature
Dialogue
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
England
Soggetto genere / forma: History
Electronic books.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Texts -- Introduction -- 1 Secret Places in Renaissance Drama -- 2 Mystifying the Tyrant and Enforcing the Text: Impossible Combinations in Sejanus -- 3 The Play of Conspiracies in Volpone -- 4 Private Lies, Public Notice: Epicoene and Theatrical Deception -- 5 The New Face of Secrecy in The Alchemist -- 6 Catiline's Conspiracy and the Problem of Containment -- 7 State-Decipherers and Politique Picklockes: Interpretation as Self-Replication in Bartholomew Fair -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Sommario/riassunto: Equally rejecting the position that Jonson was a renegade subverter of the arcana imperii and that he was a thorough-going court apologist, Slights finds that the playwright redraws the lines between private and public discourse for his own and subsequent ages.
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ISBN: 1-4426-5609-3
1-4426-2352-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910812931603321
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