Ben Jonson

by Richard Dutton

Overview

Interest in Ben Jonson is higher today than at any time since his death. This new collection offers detailed readings of all the major plays - Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair - and the poems. It also provides significant insights into the court masques and the later plays which have only recently been rediscovered as genuinely engaging stage pieces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781317893745
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/21/2014
Series:	Longman Critical Readers
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	232
File size:	435 KB

About the Author

 Richard Dutton

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vi 1 Introduction 1 2 D o n E. W a y n e Drama and Society in the Age of Jonson: An Alternative View 26 3 J o h n G . Sw e e n e y III Sejanus and the People's Beastly Rage 5 0 4 J o n a t h a n G o l d b e r g State Secrets 70 5 St a n l e y F i s h Authors-Readers: Jonson's Community of the Same 83 6 Ia n D o n a l d s o n Unknown Ends: Volpone 118 7 M a r y B e t h R o s e The Expense of Spirit 136 8 C h e r y l L y n n Ross The Plague of The Alchemist 149 9 J o n a t h a n H a y n e s Festivity and the Dramatic Economy of Jonson's Bartholomew Fair 167 10 M a r t i n B u t l e r Late Jonson 189 Further Reading 210 Index