Ben Jonson - Dramatist

Anne Barton gives a reading of the plays that re-evaluates Ben Jonson as a dramatist.

List of contents

Preface; Abbreviations and chronology of plays; 1. Jonson and the Elizabethans; 2. The Case Is Altered and Every Man In His Humour; 3. The comical satires; 4. Sejanus and Volpone; 5. Epicoene; 6. The Alchemist; 7. Catiline; 8. Names: the chapter interloping; 9. Bartholomew Fair; 10. The Devil Is An Ass; 11. The Staple of News and Eastward Ho!; 12. The New Inn; 13. The Magnetic Lady; 14. Harking back to Elizabeth: Jonson and Caroline nostalgia; 15. A Tale of A Tub; 16. The Sad Shepard; Notes; Index.

Summary

Anne Barton gives a reading of the plays that completely re-evaluates Ben Jonson as a dramatist. The book proceeds chronologically through his plays examining his changing relationship to other Elizabethan and Jacobean poets and topics such as treatment of women, trust among individuals, father and son relationships, and proper names.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Barton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.07.1984
• EAN: 9780521277488
• ISBN: 978-0-521-27748-8
• No. of pages: 388
• Series: Cambridge Paperback Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies