Volpone, or The fox ; Epicene, or The silent woman ; The alchemist ; Bartholomew fair

Bibliographic Information

Volpone, or The fox ; Epicene, or The silent woman ; The alchemist ; Bartholomew fair

Ben Jonson ; edited with an introduction by Gordon Campbell ; general editor, Michael Cordner, associate general editors, Peter Holland, Martin Wiggins

(Oxford drama library)

Clarendon Press, 1995 , Oxford University Press, 1995

  • pbk.

Other Title

The alchemist and other plays

Available at  / 5 libraries

Search this Book/Journal

Note

Select bibliography: p. xxiv-xxv

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

pbk. ISBN 9780192822529

Description

This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies in one volume. Volpone , which was first performed in 1606, dramatizes the corrupting nature of greed in an exuberant satire set in contemporary Venice. The first production of Epicene marked the end of a year long closure of the theatres because of an epidemic of the plague in 1609; its comedy affirms the consolatory power of laughter at such a time. The Alchemist (1610) deploys the metaphors of alchemical transformation to emphasize the mutability of the characters and their relationships. In Bartholomew Fair (1614) Jonson embroils the visitors to the fair in its myriad tempations, exposing the materialistic impulses beneath the apparent godliness of Jacobean Puritans. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. Stage directions hvae been added to facilitate the reconstruction of the plays' performance, and there is a scholarly introduction, detailed annotation, and a glossary. This book is intended for students of 17th-century drama.
Volume

ISBN 9780198121503

Description

This edition brings together Jonson's four great comedies in one volume. Volpone, which was first performed in 1606, dramatizes the corrupting nature of greed in an exuberant satire set in contemporary Venice. The first production of Epicene marked the end of a year-long closure of the theatres because of an epidemic of Plague in 1609; its comedy affirms the consolatory power of laughter at such a time. The Alchemist (1610) deploys the metaphors of alchemical transformation to emphasize the mutability of the characters and ther relationships. In Bartholomew Fair (1614) Jonson ebroils the visitors to the fair in its myriad temptations, exposing the materialistic impulses beneath the apparent godliness of jacobean Puritans. Under the General Editorship of Michael Cordner of the University of York, the texts of the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. Stage directions have been added to facilitate the reconstruction of the plays' performance, and there is a scholarly introduction, detailed annotation, and a glossary.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Related Books: 1-1 of 1

Details

  • NCID
    BA25359587
  • ISBN
    • 0198121504
    • 0192822527
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford,Oxford ; New York ; Tokyo
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxviii, 530 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Classification
  • Parent Bibliography ID
Page Top