Sejanus, His Fall - By Ben Jonson

Informationen zum Autor Philip Ayres is Professor of English at Monash University, Australia Klappentext This edition of Jonson's great Roman tragedy is more intensively researched than any that has previously appeared. The text is based on extensive collation of the 1605 and 1616 versions and takes the earlier version as "copy-text." The introduction offers a radically new assessment of Jonson's "historiography" and his treatment of sources. It provides an explanation for the charge of treason leveled at Jonson over Sejanus and for which he had to answer to the Privy Council. Explanatory notes to the text provide much new information to facilitate a properly informed reading of the play. Zusammenfassung This new edition of Jonson's great Roman tragedy provides fresh information on the play! its author and the Jacobean text. The text is based on extensive collation of the 1605 and 161 version and takes the earlier version as "copy-text". Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. The text2. Date, and place in Jonson's career3. Sources, influences and characterisation4. Sejanus and the Privy Council5. Critical assessment6. Jonson's way with Roman history7. Stage HistorySejanus

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Philip Ayres, Ben Jonson
• Mitarbeit: Philip Ayres (Herausgeber), Ayres Philip (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 11.03.1999
• EAN: 9780719057021
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-5702-1
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 215 mm x 20 mm
• Serien: The Revels Plays; The Revels Plays
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; English, DRAMA / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Plays, Playscripts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Plays, playscripts, drama