| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 223 pages) |
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The complete critical guide to English literature |
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Complete critical guide to English literature.
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| Contents |
pt. I. Life and contexts. Jonson's cities ; Humanism and education ; 1572-1597 ; Theatre, commerce and the law ; 1597-1601 ; Religion, government and rebellion ; Friends, patrons and rivals : 1601-1606 ; Towards laureateship : 1606-1616 ; A Jacobean summer : 1616-1625 ; Returning to the stage : 1625-1637 -- pt. II. Work. Works ; Loose ends and false starts : The case is altered and Every man in his humour ; Theatres of judgement : Every man out of his humour, Cynthia's revels, Poetaster ; Words as deeds : Sejanus and Catiline ; Objects of desire : Eastward ho!, Volpone and Epicene ; Unreal city : The alchemist and Bartholomew Fair ; The shock of the new : The devil is an ass and The staple of news ; Last plays : The new inn, The magnetic lady and A tale of a tub ; The next deed : non-dramatic verse and prose ; Present occasions : Jonson's masques -- pt. III. Criticism. On not being Shakespeare ; Classicism ; Theatricality and anti-theatricality ; Loose and gathered selves ; Authorial selves ; Authority and authorship ; Dramatic works : ethics, politics and history ; Dramatic works : carnival ; Dramatic works : gender and sexuality ; Dramatic works : government and community ; Poetry : discrimination in history ; Mysteries and occasions : masques |
| Summary |
What is the historical context of Jonson's contradictory career and writings? How do notions of history, power, gender and sexuality shape our readings of Jonson today? So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author's life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. The Complete Critical Guide to Ben Jonson is part of a unique series of comprehensive, user-friendly introductions which: offer basic information on an author's life, contexts and works; outline the major critical issues surrounding the author's works, from the time they were written to the present; leave judgements up to you, by explaining the full range of often very different critical views and interpretations; and offer guides to further reading in each area discussed |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-216) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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| SUBJECT |
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637 fast |
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DRAMA -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203996798 |
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9780203996799 |
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9781280112584 |
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1280112581 |
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