Author: Coburn GumPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111391477
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Aristophanic comedies of Ben Jonson
Author: Coburn GumPublisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 3111391477
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
The Aristophanic Comedies of Ben Jonson
Author: Coburn GumImitation and Contamination of the Classics in the Comedies of Ben Jonson
Author: Tom HarrisonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000798747
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
This book focuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson’s dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on the Greek and Roman playwrights and satirists. It illuminates the interdependence of the aspects of Jonson’s creative personality by considering how classical performance elements, including the Aristophanic ‘Great Idea,’ chorus, Terentian/Plautine performative strategies, and ‘performative’ elements from literary satire, manifest themselves in the structuring and staging of his plays. This fascinating exploration contributes to the ‘performative turn’ in early modern studies by reframing Jonson’s classicism as essential to his dramaturgy as well as his erudition. The book is also a case study for how the early modern education system’s emphasis on imitative-contaminative practices prepared its students, many of whom became professional playwrights, for writing for a theatre that had a similar emphasis on recycling and recombining performative tropes and structures.
Jonson, Four Comedies
Author: Ben JonsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9780582070660
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
This edition of Ben Jonson's four comedies, Volpone, Epicoene, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair, places the works in the popular history and culture of the times, (1605xxx;1614), and surveys the influences, classical and contemporary on Jonson as a playwright. Brief introductions to each play discuss local settings, sources, theatre history and suggest further reading, and the introduction includes a biography of Jonson, and a full chronology of the plays and masques.
Ben Jonson
Author: Ben JohnsonPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317897919
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
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, and the vivid colloquialisms of early modern London that give the dialogue a heightened dimension of realism. Brief introductions to each play discuss the local settings, sources, theatre history and further readings. The general introduction includes a biography of Jonson, a chronology of the plays and masques, and separate essays on each play, dealing particularly with Jonson's satirical treatments of trends and shams of the day, whether political, social, commercial, or spiritual.
Ben Jonson's Every Man in His Humour
Author: Ben JonsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English drama
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Ben Jonson: Four Plays
Author: Ben JonsonPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408179644
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 740
Book Description
Bringing together four of the most popular and widely studied of Ben Jonson's plays, this anthology focuses on the city comedies for which Jonson is best known today: The Alchemist (edited by Elizabeth Cook), Volpone (edited by Robert N. Watson), Bartholmew Fair (edited by G.R. Hibbard) and Epicoene or The Silent Woman (edited by Roger Holdsworth). Today Jonson's works are widely considered to be amongst the best produced in his period. The new introduction by Robert N. Watson explores the plays in the context of early modern theatre, culture and politics, as well as providing a guide to the language, characters and themes. On-page commentary notes gloss the text in greater detail, making this the ideal edition for study and classroom use.
The Aristophanic Spirit in the Comedies of Ben Jonson
Author: Aliki LafkidouGale Researcher Guide for: Satiric Comedy: Ben Jonson's "Faire Correctives" of Moral and Social Ills
Author: Steven HrdlickaPublisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
ISBN: 153585393X
Category : Study Aids
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Gale Researcher Guide for: Satiric Comedy: Ben Jonson's "Faire Correctives" of Moral and Social Ills is selected from Gale's academic platform Gale Researcher. These study guides provide peer-reviewed articles that allow students early success in finding scholarly materials and to gain the confidence and vocabulary needed to pursue deeper research.
Author: Ben Jonson