Jonson, four comedies
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Jonson, four comedies
（Longman annotated texts）
Longman, 1997
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Four comedies
Ben Jonson four comedies
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Bibliography: p. [689]-696
Contents of Works
- Volpone, or The fox
- Epicoene, or The silent woman
- The alchemist
- Bartholomew fair
Description and Table of Contents
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: pbk ISBN 9780582070660
Description
This edition of Ben Jonson's four middle comedies places the works in the popular history and culture of the times, 1605-1614, and surveys the influences, both classical and contemporary, on Jonson as a playwright. On-the-page annotations recreate the audiences perception of the plays as performances by commenting on the stage-directions, the self-conscious theatricality of characters and scenes, and the vivid colloquialisms of early modern London that give the dialogue a heightened dimension of realism.
Brief introductions to each play discuss the local settings, sources, theatre history and further readings. The general introduction includes a biography of Jonson, a chronology of the plays and masques, and separate essays on each play, dealing particularly with Jonson's satirical treatments of trends and shams of the day, whether political, social, commercial, or spiritual.
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Chronology. General Introduction. 1. Jonson's choices
- a playwright's life 2. Volpone, or the fox 3. Epicoene, or the silent woman 4. The Alchemist 5. Bartholomew fair 6. Notes on texts
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: csd ISBN 9780582070677
Description
An examination of four comedies by Ben Jonson: Volpone, or The Fox, Epicoene, or The Silent Woman, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair.
Table of Contents
- Jonson's choices: a playwright's life. "Volpone, or the fox": models for satire
- three questions of interpretation. "Epicoene, or the silent woman": why Dauphine wins
- why morose loses
- the new women and the boy-players. "The Alchemist": puritanism and business enterprise
- altruism and narcissism
- theatre and witchcraft - performative magic. "Bartholomew Fair": the anarchy of the fair
- authority, licence and warrant
- the daughters of Eve - wives and whores.
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