710 Pages
by
Routledge
712 Pages
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
This edition of Ben Jonson's four middle comedies places the works in the popular history and culture of the times, 1605-1614, and surveys the influences, both classical and contemporary, on Jonson as a playwright. On-the-page annotations recreate the audiences perception of the plays as performances by commenting on the stage-directions, the self-conscious theatricality of characters and scenes,... Read more
Acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Chronology. General Introduction. 1. Jonson's choices; a playwright's life 2. Volpone, or the fox 3. Epicoene, or the silent woman 4. The Alchemist 5. Bartholomew fair 6. Notes on texts
Biography
Ben Jonson, Dr. Helen Ostovich
