Masques of Difference - Four Court Masques By Ben Jonson

Informationen zum Autor Kristen McDermott is Associate Professor of English at Central Michigan University Klappentext Masques of difference' presents an annotated edition of four seventeenth-century entertainments written by Ben Jonson, which reflect the royal court's self-representation as moral and just, in contrast to stylised images of chaotically (and exotically) 'othered' groups: Africans, the Irish, witches, and the homoeroticised figure of the Gypsy. Zusammenfassung Masques of difference' presents an annotated edition of four seventeenth-century entertainments written by Ben Jonson, which reflect the royal court’s self-representation as moral and just, in contrast to stylised images of chaotically (and exotically) 'othered' groups: Africans, the Irish, witches, and the homoeroticised figure of the Gypsy. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionThe Masque of BlacknessThe Masque of QueensThe Irish Masque at CourtThe Masque of the Gypsies MetamorphosedAppendix 1: Masquers in BlacknessAppendix 2: Masquers in QueensAppendix 3: Irish Masque Translation

Product details

• Authors: Ben Jonson, Kristen McDermott
• Assisted by: David Bevington (Editor), Kristen McDermott (Editor), McDermott Kristen (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2007
• EAN: 9780719057540
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-5754-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Revels Student Editions; Revels Student Editions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: plays & playwrights, Literary studies: plays and playwrights