Brian Woolland

Jonsonians: Living Traditions

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Produktbeschreibung

This title was first published in 2003. "Jonsonians" explores the theatrical traditions within which Ben Jonson was working, and investigates the ways in which his work has influenced and informed the development of theatre from the early 17th century to the present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781138710689
• ISBN-10: 1138710687
• Artikelnr.: 57041052

Autorenporträt

Woolland, Brian

Inhaltsangabe

List of Plates and Figures
List of Contributors
A Note on Editions
Acknowledgements
General Editor's Preface
1. Introduction
PART I: JONSONIAN THEATRE
2. Poetaster: Jonson and his Audience
3. Sejanus his Fall: Does Arruntius Cry at Night?
4. Bartholomew Fair: All the Fun of the Fair
5. The New Inn and The Magnetic Lady: Jonson's Dramaturgy in the Caroline Context
PART II: SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF BEN
6. The Playwriting Sons of Ben: Nathan Field and Richard Brome
7. 'This Play will be mine A[rse]': Aphra Behn's Jonsonian Negotiations
8. Daughters of Ben
PART III: JONSONIANS IN THE MODERN PERIOD
9. Embarrassments to the Tidy Mind: John Arden and Ben Jonson
10. 'A deal of monstrous and forced action': Joe Orton and Ben Jonson
11. His very own Ben: Peter Barnes and Ben Jonson
12. The Language of Carnival: Strategies of Overthrowing from Ben Jonson to Caryl Churchill
13. 'Real but not Realistic': Alan Ayckbourn and Ben Jonson
14. Tricksters
Hucksters and Suckers: Jonsonian Cinema
Bibliography
Index