Sejanus his fall

Author(s)

• Jonson, Ben
• Ayres, Philip J.

Bibliographic Information

Sejanus his fall

Ben Jonson ; edited by Philip J. Ayres

（The revels plays）

Manchester University Press , Distributed in the USA and Canada by St. Martin's Press, c1990

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This new edition of Jonson's great Roman tragedy provides fresh information on the play, its author and the Jacobean text.

Table of Contents

• The text
• date and place in Jonson's career
• sources, influences and characterization
• "Sejanus" and the Privy Council
• critical assessment
• the nature of Jonson's Roman history
• stage history. Appendices: longer passages from classical sources cited in the notes
• collations of 1605 "Quarto" and 1616 "Folio".

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Details

• NCID: BA10273896
• ISBN:
  • 0719015421
• LCCN: 88031944
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Manchester, UK ; New York, NY, USA,New York, NY, USA
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 290 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR2619.A2
  • DC19 : 822/.3
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sejanus, Lucius Aelius, d. 31 -- Drama
  • LCSH : Rome -- History -- Tiberius, 14-37 -- Drama
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00274021