Author: Florence M. LeanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Petronel
Author: Florence M. LeanPetronel
Author: Florence MarryatThe Ben Jonson Encyclopedia
Author: D. Heyward BrockPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0810890755
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
Friend and rival of Shakespeare, Ben Jonson was one of the most learned and interesting men of his age. Throughout his fascinating life, he served not only as a bricklayer but also a soldier, an adventurer, an actor, a poet, and a playwright. The breadth of his experiences, acquaintances, friends, and enemies was legendary, and his literary canon is equally as diverse. The Ben Jonson Encyclopedia covers in detail the works, life, and times of this seminal figure of the English Renaissance. The cross-referenced entries include summaries of all Jonson’s plays, masques, and entertainments, as well as sketches of Jonson’s friends, enemies, patrons, disciples, actors, and fellow writers. In addition, the book identifies historical figures, mythological characters, and classical authors, as well as Jonson’s contemporaries and London place names mentioned in the works. Individuals who danced or participated in the masques and entertainments or tournaments for which Jonson wrote speeches are noted, as are the main actors known to have acted in the plays. All major scholars—from Jonson’s own day until the twenty-first century—who have commented on Jonson or his works are also included. An extensive bibliography completes this invaluable scholarly reference tool. Because of Jonson’s centrality to—and influence in and beyond—his age, this encyclopedia provides a dynamic, unparalleled vision of the English Renaissance literary scene. Capturing the depth and breadth of Jonson’s understanding of early Modern England, The Ben Jonson Encyclopedia will be especially useful for students, librarians, and academics interested in the literary and cultural scene from 1500 to 1650.
The Horse-breeders' Handbook
Author: Joseph OsbornePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Horses
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
A Select Collection of Old Plays: The malcontent; All fools; Eastward hoe; The revenger's tragedy; The dumb knight
Author: Robert DodsleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Eastward Ho!
Author: Ben JonsonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1408144131
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This collaborative masterpiece of hilarious city comedy was performed by the Children of the Revels at the Blackfriars playhouse in 1605. The story is of an allegorical simplicity that lends itself to satire of civic mores and traditions as well as to parody of the sentimental, idealising London comedy presented at the amphitheatres in the suburbs: Goldsmith Touchstone, an upright London citizen, has one modest and one ambitious daughter, one righteous and one disreputable apprentice; virtue is rewarded, ruthlessness comes to grief - and receives a drenching in the muddy Thames. The introduction to this edition discusses various methods of establishing authorship and highlights the irony of the collaborators' comic vision of contemporary London life.
Morlac of Gascony
Author: Maud Stepney RawsonJanet's Choice
Author: Mary Charlotte PhillpottsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Roaring Girl and Other City Comedies
Author: Thomas DekkerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199540101
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
The Oxford English Drama series offers plays from the 16th to the early 20th centuries in selections that make available both rarely printed and canonical works. Each text is freshly edited using modern spelling.
A Select Collection of Old Plays
Author: Robert DodsleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description