Ben Jonson RevisedTwayne Publishers, 1999 - 293 من الصفحات The essays here, selected with that in mind, offer detailed readings of all the major plays, Sejanus, Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair as well as the poems and later plays only recently recovered as genuinely engaging pieces for the stage. Collectively they demonstrate why interest in Jonson is higher today than at any time since his death."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Claude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth. Chapter Three The Tragedies Ben Jonson's two surviving tragedies were conspicuous failures on the Jacobean stage , and although he was defiantly proud of them , they are not likely ever to win ...
Claude J. Summers, Ted-Larry Pebworth. Chapter Three The Tragedies Ben Jonson's two surviving tragedies were conspicuous failures on the Jacobean stage , and although he was defiantly proud of them , they are not likely ever to win ...
الصفحة 110
... tragedies generally pre- sent flatly drawn characters , types rather than individuals , embodiments of vice or virtue rather than believable human beings . Jonson was cer- tainly capable of creating memorably realistic serious ...
... tragedies generally pre- sent flatly drawn characters , types rather than individuals , embodiments of vice or virtue rather than believable human beings . Jonson was cer- tainly capable of creating memorably realistic serious ...
الصفحة 129
... tragedies are not great plays , but they merit respect as profoundly serious experiments . It may be that Jonson's satiric cast of mind prevented his depiction of heroic action or that his dramatic genius was comic rather than tragic ...
... tragedies are not great plays , but they merit respect as profoundly serious experiments . It may be that Jonson's satiric cast of mind prevented his depiction of heroic action or that his dramatic genius was comic rather than tragic ...
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