Sweeney Jonson and the Psychology of Public Theater

To Coin the Spirit, Spend the Soul
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5713-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 258 Seiten

Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library

This book is a study of Ben Jonson's relationship with his audience in the public theater, as the relationship changed in the course of his career from the comical satires to Bartholomew Fair.

Originally published in 1984.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Sweeney, John Gordon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Dramen und Dramatiker

Inhaltsverzeichnis

FrontMatter, pg. i
Contents, pg. vii
Preface, pg. ix
Introduction. The Self-Seeking Spectator, pg. 1
Chapter One. The Comical Satires, pg. 17
Chapter Two. Sejanus: The People's Beastly Rage, pg. 47
Chapter Three. Volpone: “Fooles, They Are the Onely Nation Worth Mens Envy, or Admiration.”, pg. 70
Chapter Four. Epicene: “I’le Doe Good To No Man Against His Will.”, pg. 105
Chapter Five. The Alchemist: “Yet I Put My Selfe on You”, pg. 125
Chapter Six. Bartholomew Fair: Jonson's Masque for the Multitude, pg. 157
Chapter Seven. Beyond Bartholomew Fair, pg. 190
Conclusion. The Theater of Self-Interest, pg. 207
Notes, pg. 229
Index, pg. 241