Four of Ben Jonson's plays are examined in this volume: two are his major works and two from his later oeuvre. The Alchemist (1610) is a major satire on folly and greed, brilliantly plotted and dazzling in its use of language. Bartholomew Fair (1614), possibly Jonson's greatest achievement, reveals a panoramic depiction of London society. The New Inn (1629) and A Tale of a Tub (1633) suggest a different Jonson, exploring new forms and writing from a profoundly modified perspective. In The New Inn, a romantic comedy overlaid with an atmospheric melancholy and ethical urgency, Jonson engages seriously for the first time with the conventions of non-satiric comedy. A Tale of a Tub, a riotous farce set in the early years of Queen Elizabeth, is now widely regarded as a nostalgic Jonsonian pastiche of Elizabethan popular drama. In recent criticism, Jonson's later career has been undergoing considerable reassessment, and this edition is the first that attempts to take this new view of Jonson into account.
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Four of Ben Jonson's plays are examined in this second volume of criticism: two are his major works and two from his later oeuvre. They include The Alchemist, Bartholomew Fair, The New Inn and A Tale of a Tub.
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The classical lines of the construction of The Alchemist are evident in its scrupulous regard for the unities and in its Aristophanic scheme of a central fantastic project which brings the various characters together at a common centre. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
scene interloping, tou art, high constable, whose warrant, new inn, true valour, mine host Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Clay, Additional Note, Bartholomew Fair, Justice Overdo, Mistress Audrey, Justice Bramble, Master Littlewit, Mistress Grace, Chanon Hugh, Textual Note, Adam Overdo, Kentish Town, Lord Beaufort, Captain Thumbs, Master Quarlous, Persons of the Play, Sir Hugh, Lord Frampul, Master Winwife, Totten Court, Ball Puppy, Pie Powders, Pray God, Basket Hilts, Captain Whit New!
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The classical lines of the construction of The Alchemist are evident in its scrupulous regard for the unities and in its Aristophanic scheme of a central fantastic project which brings the various characters together at a common centre. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
scene interloping, tou art, high constable, whose warrant, new inn, true valour, mine host Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Clay, Additional Note, Bartholomew Fair, Justice Overdo, Mistress Audrey, Justice Bramble, Master Littlewit, Mistress Grace, Chanon Hugh, Textual Note, Adam Overdo, Kentish Town, Lord Beaufort, Captain Thumbs, Master Quarlous, Persons of the Play, Sir Hugh, Lord Frampul, Master Winwife, Totten Court, Ball Puppy, Pie Powders, Pray God, Basket Hilts, Captain Whit New!
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- Bartholomew Fair (Revels Plays Student Editions) by Ben Jonson on 22 pages
- The New Inn: By Ben Jonson (Revels Plays) by Michael Hattaway on 17 pages
- The Spanish Tragedy (New Mermaids) by Thomas Kyd on 4 pages
- Every Man in His Humour, Second Edition (New Mermaids) by Ben Jonson on 4 pages
- The Staple of News (Revels Plays) by Ben Jonson in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
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