Between Theater and Philosophy - Skepticism in the Major City Comedies of Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton

This book studies the major city comedies of Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton in the context of the quarrel between theater and philosophy. The book presents deconstructive and materialist readings of Jonson's Volpone, Epicoene, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair and Middleton's Michaelmas Term, A Trick to Catch the Old One, and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside.

Summary

This book studies the major city comedies of Ben Jonson and Thomas Middleton in the context of the quarrel between theater and philosophy. The book presents deconstructive and materialist readings of Jonson's Volpone, Epicoene, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair and Middleton's Michaelmas Term, A Trick to Catch the Old One, and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside.

Product details

• Authors: Mathew Martin, Mathew R Martin, Mathew R. Martin
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781611491982
• ISBN: 978-1-61149-198-2
• No. of pages: 191
• Dimensions: 168 mm x 246 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 467 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies