Parsing the City: Jonson, Middleton, Dekker, and City Comedy's London as Language

ISBN-13: 9780415541879 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 210 str.

Heather Easterling

Opis

City or citizen comedy was a form of drama produced in the early 17th century in England. Such comedies were set in London and portrayed the everyday life of the middle classes.

Spis treści

Acknowledgments.  Preface.  Introduction  1. 'Noise of a Thousand Sounds': Anxious Plenty, Language, and London  2. Epicoene, Women, and the Language of the City  3. Double-Talk and the Canting Cure: The Roaring Girl’s Moll Cutpurse as the City  4. Fair Game: Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair, Language, and Play  Conclusion.  Notes.  Bibliography.  Index

O autorze

Easterling, Heather