Revival: Jonsonians: Living Traditions (2003)

ISBN-13: 9781138710658 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 262 str.

Brian Woolland

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Woolland, Brian