Ben Jonson's Plays and Masques (Second Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
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| Rating | : | 4.26 (738 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393976386 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 536 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gordon, Stephen Orgel, John Mulryan, and Leah S. Evans, Anne Barton, John Dryden, Robert Watson, Edward B. J. Barish, Robert C. Jonson on His Work collects statements by the author on plays and on poetry taken from some of the plays, from Discoveries, and from Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden. Each text includes expanded annotations. This collection features three of Jonson's masterpieces: Volpone, Epicoene, and The Alchemist. Also included are three masques: Mercury Vindicated from the Alchemist at Court, Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue, andnew to the Second EditionThe Masque of Blackness, Jonson's first masque and one that deals with issues of interest to contemporary culture. Contemporary Readers on Jonson includes tributes and poems about the author and his work. Partridge, Ian
Johnson's Critical Vocabulary and Thomas Percy's Life of Dr. . Harp is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is co-editor, with Stanley Stewart, of the Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson. He is the author of Dr. Oliver Goldsmith. He is co-editor, with Robert Evans, of Frank O'Connor: New Perspectives. Richard L
. Oliver Goldsmith. He is co-editor, with Robert Evans, of Frank O'Connor: New Perspectives. Harp is Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is co-editor, with Stanley Stewart, of the Cambridge Companion to Ben Jonson. He is the author of Dr. About the Author Richard L. Johnson's Critical Vocabulary and Thomas Percy's Life of Dr
"Incredibly useful" according to M. Brown. This work contains a number of important plays and masques by Ben Jonson and his collaborators, including the best annotated edition of The Alchemist I've found. While it by no means contains all of his works (the man was prolific, but in many ways this title should be "Ben Jonson's Comedies and Masques"), it's a great start if you're looking to build a library of Renaissance plays and perform. An Excellent Book on Which to Build One's Study of Ben Jonson FCD117 This is a great book. It is very academic. I find it to be a typical Norton Critical Edition. I mean that in a good way. It contains selected works, not all works.My interest in Ben Jonson revolves around Shakespeare. They were contemporaries and fellow playwrights. I started simply attempting to build on my woeful knowledge of Shakespeare's works. Now I am attempting to compare and contrast S. "Five Stars" according to William. Some Shakespeare's contemporaries are almor=st as interesting