Ben JonsonRichard Dutton Longman, 2000 - 223 páginas This collection offers detailed readings of all Ben Jonson's major plays - Volpone, Epicene, The Alchemist and Bartholomew Fair - and the poems. It also provides insights into the court masques and the later plays which have been rediscovered in the late-20th century. |
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... appear for the first time , for instance , Cordus and Arruntius reveal the sophisticated mechanism of flattery which Sejanus and the emperor play out . But when Drusus challenges Sejanus at the end of the Act , Sejanus takes control of ...
... appear for the first time , for instance , Cordus and Arruntius reveal the sophisticated mechanism of flattery which Sejanus and the emperor play out . But when Drusus challenges Sejanus at the end of the Act , Sejanus takes control of ...
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... appear that Volpone's eyesight is failing : ' mine eyes are bad ' , Volpone will murmur as Voltore approaches ( 1.iii.17 ) . While we as spectators are allowed to see more clearly than the characters within the play , it is essential to ...
... appear that Volpone's eyesight is failing : ' mine eyes are bad ' , Volpone will murmur as Voltore approaches ( 1.iii.17 ) . While we as spectators are allowed to see more clearly than the characters within the play , it is essential to ...
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... appear to lead us out of the labyrinth , but terminate simply in a knot . Dryden , while praising Jonson's supreme skill in dramatic plotting , was uneasy about this aspect of Volpone . The plots of The Alchemist and The Silent Woman ...
... appear to lead us out of the labyrinth , but terminate simply in a knot . Dryden , while praising Jonson's supreme skill in dramatic plotting , was uneasy about this aspect of Volpone . The plots of The Alchemist and The Silent Woman ...
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JOHN G SWEENEY III Sejanus and the Peoples Beastly Rage | 50 |
IAN DONALDSON | 118 |
MARY BETH ROSE | 136 |
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