Bartholomew Fair
Title | Bartholomew Fair PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Jonson |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 248 |
Release | 1963-03-11 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 9780300094701 |
Not as well known today as Volpne and The Alchemist, this comedy of London’s lower classes was a great favorite of Ben Jonson’s contemporaries. The richness of its comic invention and the complexity of its plot and satirical view have returned it to its former high repute, and Professor Waith’s skillful and illuminating critical Introduction vividly demonstrates its artistic excellence. The high standards for textual accuracy and critical apparatus set for Volpone, the first volume of the Yale edition of Ben Jonson, are maintained here, and the format is identical. In addition, the editor has supplied an appendix and the original staging of the play that assists the reader greatly and is in itself a valuable contribution to studies of Elizabethan and Jacobean stagecraft. Eugene M. Waith is professor of English at Yale University. The Yale Ben Jonson, 2.
Apologie for Bartholomew Fayre
Title | Apologie for Bartholomew Fayre PDF eBook |
Author | Freda Liverant Townsend |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1973 |
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Apologie for Bartholomew Fayre, the Art of Jonson's Comedies, by Freda L. Townsend
Title | Apologie for Bartholomew Fayre, the Art of Jonson's Comedies, by Freda L. Townsend PDF eBook |
Author | Freda Liverant Townsend |
Publisher | |
Pages | 101 |
Release | 1947 |
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The Curious History of Bartholomew Fair
Title | The Curious History of Bartholomew Fair PDF eBook |
Author | Frances N. Teague |
Publisher | Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press |
Pages | 182 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN |
This case study traces the stage history and critical reception of Ben Jonson's play from 1614, when it was first performed, until 1978, when two productions ran concurrently in London. It discusses the play's rise, fall, and rise within the social and theatrical contexts in which Jonson wrote the play; the milieus in which it has been produced; and its adventures over more than three centuries.
Craftmanship in Context
Title | Craftmanship in Context PDF eBook |
Author | Judith Kegan Gardiner |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2015-07-24 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110878003 |
Bartholomew Fair
Title | Bartholomew Fair PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Jonson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 286 |
Release | 1904 |
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The Alchemist: A Critical Reader
Title | The Alchemist: A Critical Reader PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 273 |
Release | 2013-03-28 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1441180591 |
The eponymous alchemist of Ben Jonson's quick-fire comedy is a fraud: he cannot make gold, but he does make brilliant theatre. The Alchemist is a masterpiece of wit and form about the self-delusions of greed and the theatricality of deception. This guide will be useful to a diverse assembly of students and scholars, offering fresh new ways into this challenging and fascinating play.