Sejanus, His Fall

by Ben Jonson
Herausgeber: Ayres, Philip

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This edition of Jonson's great Roman tragedy is more intensively researched than any that has previously appeared. The text is based on extensive collation of the 1605 and 1616 versions and takes the earlier version as "copy-text." The introduction offers a radically new assessment of Jonson's "historiography" and his treatment of sources. It provides an explanation for the charge of treason leveled at Jonson over Sejanus and for which he had to answer to the Privy Council. Explanatory notes to the text provide much new information to facilitate a properly informed reading of the play.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9780719057021
• ISBN-10: 0719057027
• Artikelnr.: 21274241

Autorenporträt

Philip Ayres is Professor of English at Monash University, Australia

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The text 2. Date, and place in Jonson's career 3. Sources,
influences and characterisation 4. Sejanus and the Privy Council 5.
Critical assessment 6. Jonson's way with Roman history 7. Stage History
Sejanus