Ben Jonson: Four Comedies

by Ben Jonson and Helen Ostovich

This edition of Ben Jonson's four middle comedies places the works in the popular history and culture of the times, 1605-1614, and surveys the influences, both classical and contemporary, on Jonson as a playwright. On-the-page annotations recreate the audiences perception of the plays as performances by commenting on the stage-directions, the self-conscious theatricality of characters and scenes, and the vivid colloquialisms of early modern London...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 058207066X
• ISBN13: 9780582070660
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 710 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.2" x 9.2"