James D. Mardock

Our Scene is London (eBook, ePUB)

Ben Jonson's City and the Space of the Author

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

In a study that takes in Ben Jonson's epigrams, prose, and verse satire, but focuses mainly on his theatrical appropriations of London space both in and out of the playhouse, the author argues that the strategies of authorial definition that Jonson pursued throughout his career as a poet and playwright were in large part determined by two intersecting factors: first, his complicated relationship with London's physical places and its institutional topography, and secondly -- challenging commonplace assumptions about Jonson's anti-theatricality -- the distinctly theatrical model of spatial practice that he brought to bear on his representation of the urban experience. A great deal of criticism has focused on Jonson's role in the emergence of modern definitions of authorship, but most has focused on the material contexts of the book trade, on the politics of Jonson's patronage, or on Jonson's self-construction as a neoclassical and primarily textual poet. The author engages with all these considerations, but with a focus on the the dramatic practices of urban space -- a growing concern among scholars of early-modern drama -- Las a consistent factor in Jonson's authorial claims.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 174
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135868154
• Artikelnr.: 38264812

Autorenporträt

James Mardock is Associate Professor of English and Crowley Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at the University of Nevada, Reno, US.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One: Space as Authorial Strategy
Chapter Two: Londinium: the 1604 Royal Entry of James I Chapter Three:
London on Stage, London as Stage Chapter Four: Jonson's Plague Year Plays
Chapter Five: Practicers of their madness: Bartholomew Fair and the Space
of the Author Epilogue: Beyond the 1616 Folio Notes Bibliography Index